donner

donner · verb¹

1. Dutch · derived fromdonder“thunder”
2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdonder“thrash”
3. English todaydonner

From Afrikaans donder (“thrash”), from Dutch donder (“thunder”). Doublet of thunder.

donner · noun²

From don + -er.

Donner · proper noun³

1. Dutch · borrowed fromdonder“thunder”
2. English todayDonner

First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Named from Dutch donder (“thunder”), and perhaps influenced by the German form Donner.

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