Donner

See also: donner

English

Alternative forms

• Donder, Dunder

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Donner

1. The seventh reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

Santa Claus's reindeer

• Blitzen
• Comet
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Prancer
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Vixen

 

Derived terms

• donder and blitzen

Translations

reindeer of Santa Claus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷 (zh) (Léi)

• Finnish: Ukkonen (fi)
• French: Tonnerre (fr) m
• Galician: Trono m
• Greek: Βροντή (el) f (Vrontí)
• Italian: Tuono m
• Japanese: ドナー (ja) (Donā)
• Polish: Profesorek m
• Portuguese: Trovão m
• Spanish: Trueno m

Anagrams

• Norden, Rendon, nonred

German

Etymology

From Middle High German doner, donre, donder (also -u-), from Old High German thonar, donar, *duner (attested in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr. Cognate with Dutch donder, English thunder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Donner m (strong, genitive Donners, plural Donner)

1. thunder

Declension

Declension of Donner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Donner	die	Donner
genitive	eines	des	Donners	der	Donner
dative	einem	dem	Donner	den	Donnern
accusative	einen	den	Donner	die	Donner

Derived terms

• Donnerwetter
• Donnerschlag
• Donnergrollen (“rolling thunder”)
• wie vom Donner gerührt

Related terms

• Donnerer
• donnern

Further reading

• “Donner” in Duden online
• “Donner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German dunre, dunder, variants of doner, from Old High German donar, *duner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoner/, [ˈdo.nɐ]

Noun

Donner m (uncountable)

1. thunder

Synonyms

• Dimmer

Derived terms

• donneren
• Donnerwieder