# donner

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #35,261

## Definitions
1. To beat up; clobber; thrash.

## Etymology
From Afrikaans donder (“thrash”), from Dutch donder (“thunder”). Doublet of thunder.

## Easily confused with
- **donor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-donor)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-dover)
- **Donny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-donny)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-dunne)
- **Donnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-donnie)
- **downed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-downed)
- **Downey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-downey)
- **downer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-downer)
- **dormer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-dormer)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-donner)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doer-vs-donner)
- **donna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donna-vs-donner)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-donner)
- **Donne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donne-vs-donner)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-donner)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-donner)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denver-vs-donner)
- **dancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-donner)
- **donkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donkey-vs-donner)
- **dodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-donner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddonner`, `dnoner`, `donenr`, `doner`, `donnerr`, `donnre`, `odnner`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/donner