dunder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdʌndə(ɹ)/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-ʌndə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

CompareSpanishredundar(“to overflow”).

Noun

dunder(uncountable)

1. (Caribbean)Theleesordregsofcanejuice,used in thedistillationofrum.
   • 1793,Bryan Edwards,The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies‎^[1],Dublin: Luke White, Volume II, Book V, Chapter 2, p. 231:

     The use ofdunderin the making of rum, answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour.

2. (Australia)Distilleryeffluent.

   Synonyms:stillage,sour mash,vinasse,vinhaca

Derived terms

• dunderhead
• dunderheaded
• dunderpate
• dunderpated

References

• “dunder”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

Etymology 2

Blendofdouble+‎under(score)

Noun

dunder(pluraldunders)

1. (programming,informal)Adoubleunderscore,__.
   • 2012,Matt Harrison,Treading on Python,volume 1,→ISBN,page101:

     Python has adundermethod,__iter__,that defines what the behavior is for looping over an instance.

Anagrams

• redund.,nudder,Durden,durned

Polish

Etymology

BorrowedfromGermanDonner,fromMiddle High Germandoner,fromOld High Germandonar,thonar,fromProto-Germanic*þunraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdun.dɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-undɛr
• Syllabification:dun‧der

Noun

dunderminan

1. (dialectal,colloquial)thunder

   Synonyms:(literary)grom,grzmot

Declension

Declension ofdunder

	singular	plural
nominative	dunder	dundry
genitive	dundra	dundrów
dative	dundrowi	dundrom
accusative	dunder	dundry
instrumental	dundrem	dundrami
locative	dundrze	dundrach
vocative	dundrze	dundry

Interjection

dunder

1. (idiomatic)blast it,goddamn(used to show displeasure or disappointment)

   Synonyms:do diabła,niech to diabli,niech to kaduk porwie,niech to piorun trzaśnie

Derived terms

verb

• dunderowaćimpf

interjections

• dunder jasny
• niech to dunder świśnie

Further reading

• dunderin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

BorrowedfromMiddle Low Germandunner,donder.Cognate ofGermanDonner,Englishthunder,Dutchdonder.Comparetordön.

Noun

dundern

1. a deep, loud noise like from alightning bolt;booming,thunder
2. (immigrant slang,blattesvenska)great, popping; potent (of a drug)

   den här vardunderbruschan―this one waspoppingbro

Declension

Declension ofdunder

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dunder	dunders
	definite	dundret	dundrets
plural	indefinite	dunder	dunders
	definite	dundren	dundrens

Derived terms

• dunder-

Related terms

• dundra

References

• dunderinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• dunderinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• dunderinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)
• dunderin Elof Hellquist,Svensk etymologisk ordbok(1st ed., 1922)

West Flemish

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchdunre,variant ofdonre,fromOld Dutch*thunar,fromProto-Germanic*þunraz.

Noun

dunderm(pluraldunders)

1. thunder

Yola

Noun

dunder

1. Alternative form ofdhunder

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland,London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page36