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Wunderkammern

Wunderkammern is the plural of Wunderkammer.

Meaning of Wunderkammer

Noun

Wunderkammer (plural Wunderkammers or Wunderkammern)

  1. (historical) A cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.
    • Despite the frequent bric-à-brac dimension to such collections, these theatres of nature invited an appreciation of nature rather different from the Renaissance Wunderkammer which had preceded them.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 207
    Synonyms:
    cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, kunstkabinett
  2. (broadly) A place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited.

Questions about Wunderkammern

What is Wunderkammern the plural of?
Wunderkammern is the plural of Wunderkammer.

Words near Wunderkammern in the dictionary

  1. Wunambal
  2. wunch
  3. wunches
  4. wunderfull
  5. wunderkammer
  6. Wunderkammern
  7. wunderkammers
  8. wunderkind
  9. wunderkinder
  10. wunderkinds
  11. Wunderlich

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