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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