Sommer

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See also: sommer, sømmer, and sòmmer

English

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Etymology

Proper noun

Sommer (plural Sommers)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sommer is the 3080th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11662 individuals. Sommer is most common among White (94.67%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar.

The expected modern form is Summer, as indeed found in most southern dialects, such as Alemannic German Summer, Bavarian Summer and Luxembourgish Summer. The vocalism -o- is of Central and Low German origin (compare Middle Low German som[m]er). Further cognates are Dutch zomer, West Frisian simmer, English summer, Danish sommer, Icelandic sumar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔmɐ/
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Noun

Sommer m (strong, genitive Sommers, plural Sommer)

  1. summer

Declension

Declension of Sommer
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sommer die Sommer
genitive eines des Sommers der Sommer
dative einem dem Sommer den Sommern
accusative einen den Sommer die Sommer

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in German · Jahreszeiten (layout · text) · category
Frühjahr (“spring”), Frühling (“spring”), Lenz (“spring”) Sommer (“summer”) Herbst (“autumn”), Spätling (“autumn”) Winter (“winter”)

Proper noun

Sommer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sommers or (with an article) Sommer, feminine genitive Sommer, plural Sommers or Sommer)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname

Further reading

  • “Sommer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Sommer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Sommer” in Duden online
  • Sommer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sommer m (plural Sommer)

  1. summer
    Im Sommer is-es immer zu heis.
    In the summer it is always very hot.

See also

Seasons in Hunsrik · Johreszeide (layout · text) · category
Frihling (“spring”) Sommer, Summer (“summer”) Herrebst (“autumn”) Winter (“winter”)

Further reading

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