Sommer
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English
Etymology
- As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, from the noun sommer (“summer”).
- Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German somere (“pack animal”), probably derived from Latin sagma (“pack saddle”).
- As an English, Scottish, and German surname, variant of Summer.
Proper noun
Sommer (plural Sommers)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sommer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sommer m anim (female equivalent Sommerová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
Further reading
- “Sommer”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
- Matúšová, Jana (2015) Německá vlastní jména v češtině (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 54
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 somer). Further cognates are Dutch zomer, West Frisian simmer, English summer, Danish sommer, Icelandic sumar.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sommer m (strong, genitive Sommers, plural Sommer)
Declension
Declension of Sommer
Derived terms
- Altweibersommer
- Badesommer
- Beerensommer
- Frühsommer
- Hochsommer
- Jahrhundertsommer
- Mittsommer
- Regensommer
- Sommerabend
- Sommeranfang
- Sommerbad
- Sommerbiene
- Sommerende
- Sommerferien
- Sommerfest
- Sommerhitze
- Sommerliebe
- Sommerloch
- Sommerluft
- Sommermonat
- Sommernacht
- Sommerrodelbahn
- Sommersonne
- Sommersprosse
- Sommerurlaub
- Sommervergnügen
- Sommervogel
- Sommerweide
- Sommerwind
- Sommerzeit
- Sommerzeltlager
- Spätsommer
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)
- a surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname
Declension
Declension of Sommer
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Sommer | (eine) | (die) | Sommer | (die) | Sommers, Sommer |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Sommers, Sommer1 | (einer) | (der) | Sommer | (der) | Sommers, Sommer |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Sommer | (einer) | (der) | Sommer | (den) | Sommers, Sommer |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Sommer | (eine) | (die) | Sommer | (die) | Sommers, Sommer |
1With an article.
Related terms
Further reading
- “Sommer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sommer” in Duden online
- “Sommer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Sommer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Sommer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sommer m (plural Sommer)
- summer
- Im Sommer is-es immer zu heis.
- In the summer it is always very hot.
Related terms
See also
| Seasons in Hunsrik · Johreszeide (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frihjoher, Frihling (“spring”) | Sommer, Summer (“summer”) | Herrebst (“autumn”) | Winter (“winter”) |
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Sommer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 152, column 2