Definition
The loud sound heard after lightning during a storm.
Translations
- English
- thunder
- Français
- tonnerre
- Türkçe
- gök gürültüsü
- Polski
- grzmot
- Русский
- гром
- Українська
- грім
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Donner
- B1
- Noun
- Weather & Seasons
- Nature & Environment
thunder
/deːɐ̯ ˈdɔnɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Donner
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Weather & SeasonsPrimaryNature & Environment
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der laute Donner erschreckte die Wanderer.NominativSing.The loud thunder frightened the hikers.
- Wir hörten den lauten Donner deutlich.AkkusativSing.We heard the loud thunder clearly.
- Bei dem heftigen Donner zitterten die Fensterscheiben.DativSing.The windowpanes trembled during the heavy thunder.
- Die Stärke des Donners überraschte uns.GenitivSing.The strength of the thunder surprised us.
- Mehrere Donner kündigten das Gewitter an.NominativPlur.Several peals of thunder announced the storm.
- Die Kinder zählten die lauten Donner.AkkusativPlur.The children counted the loud peals of thunder.
- Nach mehreren Donnern begann es zu regnen.DativPlur.After several peals of thunder, it began to rain.
- Die Abstände der Donner wurden immer kürzer.GenitivPlur.The intervals between the peals of thunder grew shorter and shorter.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Donner/ˈdɔnɐ/
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Article phrase
der Donner/deːɐ̯ ˈdɔnɐ/
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Plural
Donner/ˈdɔnɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Donner | die Donner |
| Akkusativ | den Donner | die Donner |
| Dativ | dem Donner | den Donnern |
| Genitiv | des Donners | der Donner |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationlauter Donner
- CollocationDonner hören
- Verb constructionden Donner hören + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Donner kündigt ein Gewitter an.
- Prepositional constructionbei dem Donnerbei + Dativ
- CollocationDonner und Blitz
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termGeräusch
- Related termBlitz — lightning
Blitz and Donner are different phenomena that typically occur together in a thunderstorm.
- Easily confused withDonnerstag
Donner and Donnerstag begin the same way, but refer to a natural sound and a day of the week, respectively.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Donner“ is a simple noun without any productively recognizable German word-formation components.
Word family
- donnern
- Donnerwetter