dunder
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌndə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Compare Spanish redundar (“to overflow”).
Noun
dunder (uncountable)
- (Caribbean) The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Dublin: Luke White, Volume II, Book V, Chapter 2, p. 231,
- The use of dunder in the making of rum, answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Dublin: Luke White, Volume II, Book V, Chapter 2, p. 231,
- (Australia) Distillery effluent.[1]
- Synonyms: stillage, sour mash, vinasse, vinhaca
Derived terms
- dunderheaded
References
- Bieske, G. C.; "Agricultural Use of Dunder"; p. 4; published 1979 by Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
- dunder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Etymology 2
Blend of double + under(score)
Noun
dunder (plural dunders)
- (programming, informal) A double underscore,
__
.- 2012, Matt Harrison, Treading on Python, volume 1, →ISBN, page 101:
- Python has a dunder method,
__iter__
, that defines what the behavior is for looping over an instance.
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Anagrams
- Durden, durned
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Donner, from Middle High German doner, from Old High German donar, thonar, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdun.dɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -undɛr
- Syllabification: dun‧der
Noun
dunder m inan
- (dialectal, colloquial) thunder
- Synonyms: (literary) grom, grzmot
Declension
Declension of dunder
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
- (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
- dunderować impf
interjections
- dunder jasny
- niech to dunder świśnie
Further reading
- dunder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dunder in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
dunder n
- a deep loud noise like from a lightning bolt; booming, thunder
Declension
Declension of dunder | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunder | dundret | dunder | dundren |
Genitive | dunders | dundrets | dunders | dundrens |
Related terms
- dundra
References
- dunder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dunder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dunder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dunre, variant of donre, from Old Dutch *thunar, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz.
Noun
dunder m (plural dunders)
- thunder
Yola
Noun
dunder
- Alternative form of dhunder
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 36