donder

donder (third-person singular simple present donders, present participle dondering, simple past and past participle dondered)

1. Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”)

donder (plural donders)

1. Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”)

From Dutch donderen.

• IPA^(key): /dɔːnər/

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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 guy lost his balance and tumbled backwards off his chair.

• opdonder
• bedonder

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔn.dər/

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• Hyphenation: don‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔndər

From Middle Dutch donre. Compare German Donner, West Frisian tonger, English thunder.

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!

• donderen
• donderbeitel
• donderbui
• donderbus
• donderdag
• dondergod
• donderkloot
• donderpreek
• donderspeech
• donderstraal
• donderwolk
• opdonder

• Afrikaans: donder
• Negerhollands: donner, dondu
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: dondu (dated)
• → Papiamentu: dònder, donder

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

donder

1. first-person singular present indicative of donderen
2. imperative of donderen