das Wunder
Meaning in English: miracle, wonder
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Kein Wunder, dass du müde bist!
No wonder you're tired!
Der, die or das?
Wunder is neuter: das Wunder. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Wunder?
Wunder is number 3,299 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,295ermittelnto investigate, to determine
- 3,296Straftatencriminal offences, crimes
- 3,297traditionellentraditional
- 3,298ruftcalls, shouts
- 3,299das Wundermiracle, wonder
- 3,300die Transformationtransformation
- 3,301der Anlegerinvestor(s)
- 3,302schätzento estimate; to appreciate
- 3,303ausfallento be cancelled, to fail
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,299
- The most common German nouns#1,395
- German B1 vocabulary#1,074
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#171
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.