Sommer

• 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.

Sommer (plural Sommers)

1. A surname from German.

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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sommer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Borrowed from German Sommer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsomɛr]

Sommer m anim (female equivalent Sommerová)

1. a male surname from German

• “Sommer”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Matúšová, Jana (2015) Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 54

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔmɐ/

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Sommer m (strong, genitive Sommers, plural Sommer)

1. summer

• (seasons) Jahreszeit; Frühjahr/‎Frühling,‎ Sommer,‎ Herbst,‎ Winter ^{(Category: de:Seasons) [edit]}

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

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

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔmɐ/

Sommer m (plural Sommer)

1. summer

   Im Sommer is-es immer zu heis.

   In the summer it is always very hot.

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

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary