donder
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
donder (third-person singular simple present donders, present participle dondering, simple past and past participle dondered)
- Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”)
Noun[edit]
donder (plural donders)
- Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”)
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
donder (present donder, present participle donderende, past participle gedonder)
- (intransitive) to plummet, tumble
- Die ou verloor sy balaans en donder agteroor van sy stoel af.
- The guy lost his balance and tumbled backwards off his chair.
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch donre. Compare German Donner, West Frisian tonger, English thunder.
Noun[edit]
donder m (uncountable)
- thunder (sound produced by a thunderstorm)
- (informal) the head or body
- (informal) a thing (as in not a single thing)
- Wat je nu doet haalt geen donder uit!
- What you're doing right now isn't achieving a thing!
- Wat je nu doet haalt geen donder uit!
Derived terms[edit]
- donderen
- donderbeitel
- donderbui
- donderbus
- donderdag
- dondergod
- donderkloot
- donderpreek
- donderspeech
- donderstraal
- donderwolk
- opdonder
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: donder
- Negerhollands: donner, dondu
- → Virgin Islands Creole: dondu (dated)
- → Papiamentu: dònder, donder
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
donder
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