amaze

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
2. (obsolete) To stun or stupefy (someone).
3. (obsolete) To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself).
4. (obsolete) To fill (someone) with panic; to panic, to terrify.
5. To experience amazement; to be astounded.

Noun

1. Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this.
2. Fear, terror.
3. (obsolete) Stupefaction of the mind; bewilderment; (countable) an instance of this.

Konzepte

verblüffen

erstaunen

verwundern

in Erstaunen setzen

verwirren

überraschen

frappieren

in Verwunderung setzen

Verblüffen

bezwingen

überwältigen

in Verwunderung versetzen

wundern

zum Staunen bringen

sehr überraschen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/əˈmeɪz/

Etymologie (Englisch)

The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.