Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.

    He's married by now, I shouldn't wonder.

    sich wundern

    удивля́тьсяudivljátʹsja

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

    He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes.

    Has Jay gone fishing, I wonder?

    sich fragen

    интересова́тьсяinteresovátʹsja, спра́шивать себя́sprášivatʹ sebjá, интересноinteresno

    дивува́тисяdyvuvátysja, ціка́витисяcikávytysja

More definitions
  • have a wish or desire to know something
  • place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
  • be amazed at

Examples

8085 sentences
  1. I wonder who that girl is.

    Цікаво, хто ця дівчина. — deniko

    deIch frage mich, wer dieses Mädchen ist. — MUIRIEL

  2. I wonder where he is hiding.

    Мені цікаво, де він ховається. — deniko

    ruИнтересно, где ж он спрятался? — zmoo

    deIch frage mich, wo er sich versteckt. — MUIRIEL

  3. I wonder if he'll come tonight.

    Цікаво, він сьогодні прийде? — deniko

    ruИнтересно, придёт ли он вечером. — marafon

    deIch frage mich, ob er heute Abend kommen wird. — Trinkschokolade

  4. I wonder if he's at home.

    Мені цікаво, чи він удома. — deniko

    ruИнтересно, дома ли он. — odexed

    deIch frage mich, ob er wohl zu Hause ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I wonder if he will come.

    Цікаво, чи він прийде. — deniko

    ruИнтересно, придёт ли он. — marafon

    deIch frage mich, ob er kommen wird. — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to ponder about something:
Русский
By meaning 2
to be affected with surprise:
to ponder about something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to be affected with surprise:
to ponder about something:

Origin

From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), f

From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą.

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Forms

wonders, wondering, wondered, wondered
Base formwonder · to wonder
3rd person singularwonders
Present participlewondering
Past simplewondered
Past participlewondered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywonder
he, she, itwonders

Past simpleLesson

all personswondered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wondered
he, she, ithas wondered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wonder

Synonyms

5 synonyms
to ponder:ponderB2
Close in meaning
  • have a wish or desire to know something:inquireenquire
  • place in doubt or express doubtful speculation:question
  • be amazed at:marvel

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wonder whether
  • wonder whether or
  • wonder how long
  • wonder how many
  • wonder what made
  • was wondering if
  • wonder how much
  • wonder if there's
  • wonder if it's
  • wonder what happened
  • wonder whether there's
  • wonder whether it's

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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