wundersam

[ˈvʊndɐzaːm]

/[ˈvʊndɐzaːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“wundersam” is uncommon German (frequency #87,294 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,294
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seltsam, geheimnisvoll, eigenartig

Corpus desk

Index DE-wundersam · wundersam · German

wundersam · rank #87,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,294
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wissing

Nearest frequency peer: wissing (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “wundersam”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “wundersam” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wundersam
PropertyValue
Headwordwundersam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvʊndɐzaːm]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wundersam” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).wundersam lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wundersam is uncommon German at frequency #87,294 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvʊndɐzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seltsam, geheimnisvoll, eigenartig".

No misspelling variants are generated for wundersam in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wundersam, spelled W-U-N-D-E-R-S-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    seltsam, geheimnisvoll, eigenartig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wundersam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die gestohlene Tasche kam auf wundersame Weise wieder zum Vorschein.
  2. "Open City" gleicht einem faszinierenden Strom aus Beobachtungen und Gedanken. Der Leser kann sich in diesem Roman wundersam verlaufen wie in den Straßen von New York.

Synonyms

unerwartet

Antonyms

gewöhnlich

This word in other languages

wondrous(English)maravilloso(Español)merveilleux(Français)maravilhoso(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wundersam"?
"wundersam" is spelled W-U-N-D-E-R-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvʊndɐzaːm].
What does "wundersam" mean?
As an adjective, "wundersam" means: seltsam, geheimnisvoll, eigenartig
How do you pronounce "wundersam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wundersam" is [ˈvʊndɐzaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wundersam" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wundersam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

weitergab#87,281Wagenburg#87,262waagrecht#87,259Ölmalerei#87,332

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list