Donar

See also: donar

English

Proper noun

Donar

1. (mythology) The god Thor.

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old High German Donar. The expected Dutch form would be **Donder, from Old Dutch Thunar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːnɑr/

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• Hyphenation: Do‧nar
• Rhymes: -oːnɑr

Proper noun

Donar m

1. Thor, Donar (Germanic thunder god)

Hypernyms

• dondergod

Related terms

• donder
• Thor

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old High German Donar. Doublet of Thor (from Old Norse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːnaʁ/, (unusual) /doˈnaːʁ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Donar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Donars)

1. (Germanic mythology) Thor

   Synonym: Thor

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Þunraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Old Norse Þórr.

Proper noun

Donar m

1. Thor, the god of thunder

Declension

Declension of Donar (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Donar	Donarā, Donara
accusative	Donar	Donarā, Donara
genitive	Donares	Donaro
dative	Donare	Donarum
instrumental	Donaru	—

Derived terms

• Donarad (male given name)
• donaresbart (“houseleek”)
• donaristag (“Thursday”)
• Donarperht (male given name)
• Wigidonar (“name for Thor”)

Related terms

• donar (“thunder”)

Descendants

• → German: Donar (learned)
• → Dutch: Donar (learned)