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

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Sommer.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sommer m anim (female equivalent Sommerová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

Further reading

  • 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

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/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Sommer m (strong, genitive Sommers, plural Sommer)

  1. summer

Declension

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

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