wonder

wonder
won·der [ʼwʌndəʳ, Am -ɚ] vt
1) (ask oneself)
to \wonder sth sich akk etw fragen;
I've been \wondering that myself das habe ich mich auch schon gefragt;
why, one \wonders, is she doing that? warum tut sie das wohl?;
I \wonder if you'd mind passing the sugar wären Sie wohl so freundlich, mir den Zucker herüberzureichen?;
I \wonder if you could give me some information about ... könnten Sie mir vielleicht ein paar Informationen über ... geben?;
I was just \wondering if you felt like doing something tomorrow evening hätten Sie nicht Lust, morgen Abend etwas zu unternehmen?;
it makes you wonder why they ... man fragt sich [schon], warum sie ...;
to \wonder what/when/where ... sich akk fragen, was/wann/wo ...
2) (feel surprise)
to \wonder that ... überrascht sein, dass ...;
I don't \wonder that ... es überrascht mich nicht, dass ... vi
1) (ask oneself) sich akk fragen;
will that be enough, I \wonder? ob das wohl reichen wird?;
why do you ask? - I was just \wondering warum fragst du? - ach, nur so;
I \wonder - could you help me with these books? könntest du mir vielleicht mit den Büchern helfen?;
when shall we meet? - we were \wondering about next Friday wann sollen wir uns treffen? - wir dachten an nächsten Freitag;
to \wonder about sb/sth sich Gedanken [o Sorgen] über jdn/etw dat machen;
to \wonder about doing sth darüber nachdenken, ob man etw tun sollte;
to \wonder aloud [or out loud] about sth über etw akk laut nachdenken
2) (feel surprise) sich akk wundern, staunen;
you \wonder that ... man wundert sich schon, dass ...;
I shouldn't \wonder das würde mich nicht wundern;
I don't \wonder [at it] das wundert mich nicht;
to \wonder at sb/sth sich akk über jdn/etw wundern;
(astonished) über jdn/etw erstaunt sein n
1) no pl (feeling) Staunen nt, Verwunderung f;
a sense of \wonder ein Gefühl nt der Ehrfurcht;
to fill sb with \wonder jdn in Staunen versetzen;
to listen in \wonder staunend zuhören
2) (marvel) Wunder nt;
it's little [or no] [or small] \wonder [that] ... es ist kein Wunder, dass ...;
no \wonder ... kein Wunder, dass ...;
\wonders [will] never cease! (iron) es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder! (hum)
the \wonders of modern technology die Wunder der modernen Technik;
the Seven W\wonders of the world die sieben Weltwunder;
to do [or work] \wonders [wahre] Wunder wirken [o (geh) vollbringen];
PHRASES:
God moves in a mysterious way, his \wonders to perform (Brit) (saying) die Wege Gottes sind unerforschlich;
to be a chinless \wonder (Brit) (fam) ein junger, reicher Lackaffe sein (fam)
to be a nine-days' [or seven-day] \wonder (esp Brit) eine sehr kurzlebige Sensation sein, nur kurze Zeit für Aufsehen sorgen

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