donder

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch donderen.

Verb

donder (present donder, present participle donderende, past participle gedonder)

1. (intransitive) to plummet, tumble

   Die ou verloor sy balaans en donder agteroor van sy stoel af.

   The pupil lost his balance and tumbled backwards off his chair.

Derived terms

• opdonder
• bedonder

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔn.dər/

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• Hyphenation: don‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔndər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch donre, donner, donder, from Old Dutch *thunar, *thonar, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-. Compare German Donner, West Frisian tonger, English thunder.

Noun

donder m (uncountable)

1. thunder (sound produced by a thunderstorm)
2. (informal) the head or body
3. (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!

Derived terms

• donderen
• donderbui
• donderbus
• dondergod
• donderkloot
• donderstraal
• donderwolk
• opdonder

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

donder

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of donderen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of donderen