thunder
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricityTo produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
» After the lightning, came the thunder.
Nach dem Blitz kam der Donner.
Вслед за молнией грянул гром.
После молнии грянул гром.
Вслед за молнией прогремел гром.
Після блискавки загуркотів грім.
Meaning
5 senses(impersonal)To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
It thundered continuously.
(intransitive)To make a noise like thunder.
The train thundered along the tracks.
donnern, tschättere
греме́тьgremétʹ, грохота́тьgroxotátʹ, громыха́тьgromyxátʹ
гримі́тиhrymíty, гуркота́тиhurkotáty, гуркоті́тиhurkotíty
to make or produce a loud noise
(ergative)To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
move fast, noisily, and heavily
(intransitive, transitive)To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
"Get back to work at once!", he thundered.
To produce something with incredible power.
Examples
173 sentencesAfter the lightning, came the thunder.
Після блискавки загуркотів грім.
ruВслед за молнией грянул гром.
deNach dem Blitz kam der Donner.
The animals were scared by the thunder.
Тварини були налякані грозою.
ruЖивотные были напуганы громом.
deDie Tiere fürchteten sich vor dem Donner.
Lightning normally accompanies thunder.
Зазвичай, блискавка супроводиться громом.
deDer Blitz wird normalerweise vom Donner begleitet.
The thunder scared the children.
Гром налякав дітей.
ruГром напугал детей.
deDie Kinder hatten vor dem Donner Angst.
Lightning precedes thunder.
Грім лунає після блискавки.
ruМолния предшествует грому.
deDer Blitz kommt vor dem Donner.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thundren, from Old English þunrian (“to thunder”), from Proto-West GerFrom Middle English thundren, from Old English þunrian (“to thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunrōn, from Proto-Germanic *þunrōną (“to thunder”).
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Forms
thunders, thundering, thundered, thunderedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle