donder

See daunder.

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”).

Borrowed from Afrikaans donder.

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

1. (transitive, South Africa, slang) To beat up, to thrash.
   • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:

     Just try and I'll donder you says Jan and resets his hook. I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan.

• Jonathon Green (2024) “donder v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

• donder and blitzen

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!

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

donder

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