The Dutch word for thunder is
donder
Translations for thunder and their definitions
| donder | |
| 1. n. thunder | |
| 2. n. (informal) the head or body | |
| Kees kreeg van zijn vader een klap op zijn donder. | |
| Kees got a clout against the head from his father. | |
| 3. n. (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! | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of donderen | |
| 5. v. imperative of donderen |
| gedonder | |
| 1. n. thundering | |
| 2. n. squabbling, bickering |
| donderen | |
| 1. v. (impersonal weather) to thunder | |
| In de verte hoor ik het donderen. | |
| I can hear it thunder in the distance. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to make a thunderous sound, especially with one's voice | |
| 'Hou daar nu mee op!', donderde de man. | |
| 'Stop that right now!', thundered the man. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) to plummet, tumble | |
| De leerling verloor zijn evenwicht en donderde achterover van zijn stoel. | |
| The pupil lost his balance and tumbled backwards off his chair. |
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