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Is donder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word donder is a Scrabble US word. The word donder is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is donder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word donder is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2O1N1D2E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DONDER,DRONED,NODDER,

5-letter words (6 found)

DONER,DRONE,ODDER,REDON,RODED,RONDE,

4-letter words (17 found)

DERN,DERO,DOEN,DOER,DONE,DORE,EDDO,NERD,NODE,ONER,REDD,REDO,REND,RENO,RODE,ROED,RONE,

3-letter words (21 found)

DEN,DOD,DOE,DON,DOR,END,EON,ERN,NED,NOD,NOR,ODD,ODE,ONE,ORD,ORE,RED,REN,REO,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ER,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 60 words from donder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of donder

donder

Etymology 1

See daunder.

Verb

donder (third-person singular simple present donders, present participle dondering, simple past and past participle dondered)

  1. Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).

Noun

donder (plural donders)

  1. Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans donder.

Verb

donder (third-person singular simple present donders, present participle dondering, simple past and past participle dondered)

  1. (transitive, South Africa, slang) To beat up, to thrash.

Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “donder v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

See also

  • donder and blitzen

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch donderen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔːnər/

Verb

donder (present donder, present participle donderende, past participle gedonder)

  1. (intransitive) to plummet, tumble

Derived terms

  • opdonder
  • bedonder

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.dər/
  • Hyphenation: don‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɔndər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch donre. Compare German Donner, West Frisian tonger, English thunder.

Noun

donder m (uncountable)

  1. thunder (sound produced by a thunderstorm)
  2. (informal) the head or body
  3. (informal) a thing (as in not a single thing)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: donder
  • Negerhollands: donner, dondu
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: dondu (dated)
  • → Papiamentu: dònder, donder
  • → Sranan Tongo: dondru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

donder

  1. inflection of donderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Source: wiktionary.org