dunder
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌndə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
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.
- (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.
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
Declension
Interjection
dunder
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
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
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.
Yola
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
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