dunder
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌndə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (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[1], 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.
- (Australia) Distillery effluent.[1]
Derived terms
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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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.
Anagrams
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
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 Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German dunner, donder. Cognate of German Donner, English thunder, Dutch donder. Compare tordön.
Noun
dunder n
- a deep, loud noise like from a lightning bolt; booming, thunder
- (immigrant slang, blattesvenska) great, popping; potent (of a drug)
- den här var dunder bruschan ― this one was popping bro
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | dunder | dunders |
| definite | dundret | dundrets | |
| plural | indefinite | dunder | dunders |
| definite | dundren | dundrens |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- dunder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dunder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dunder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dunder in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dunre, variant of donre, from Old Dutch *thunar, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz.
Noun
dunder m (plural dunders)
Yola
Noun
dunder
- alternative form of dhunder
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, published 1867, page 36