Donar
[ˈdoːnaʁ]
The verdict
“Donar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hoher germanischer Gott
Corpus desk
Index DE-donar · Donar · German
Donar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Donar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdoːnaʁ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Donar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Donar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdoːnaʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hoher germanischer Gott".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Donar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Donar, spelled D-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1hoher germanischer Gott
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Donar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Donar wird manchmal mit dem „Donnerer“ Jupiter oder Zeus gleichgesetzt.
„Nach alter Überlieferung stand hier einmal eine heidnische Donareiche, die der heilige Bonifatius höchstpersönlich fällte, um dem ganz und gar unchristlichen Treiben des germanischen Gottes Donar endlich ein Ende zu setzen und die Eingeborenen von der einzig seligmachenden Religion zu überzeugen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.