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donner¹

Where it comes from

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

verb donners · donnering · donnered

  1. South Africa, slang To beat up; clobber; thrash. Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee / When he fights Willie Liebenberg / There's gonna be a murder / 'Cos Willie's gonna donner that blerrie yankee

donner²

Where it comes from

From don + -er.

noun donners

  1. One who dons (something). O sweet little wearers of round hats. O dainty donners of Mauve silks and sprigged muslins—I hear a voice saying—there was a time when all the ladies of Rome, with perfumes and fans, went daily to the Colosseum to see gigantic slaves chop each other to pieces; […]

Donner³

Rhymes with -ɒnə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Donder · Dunder

  1. The seventh reindeer of Santa Claus.
  2. A surname.

Translations

Every language

name reindeer of Santa Claus

EspañolTrueno
日本語ドナー Donā
中文雷 Léi
PortuguêsTrovão
FrançaisTonnerre
ItalianoTuono
ΕλληνικάΒροντή Vrontí

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@misc{donner_2026,
  title = {donner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}