different between sommer vs somber

English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans sommer

Interjection

sommer

1. (South Africa) just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you do not want to answer or don't have a specific answer for.

Etymology 2

Noun

sommer (plural sommers)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of summer

Anagrams

• momser

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• somar (obsolete)
• sommar (archaic)

Etymology

From Dutch zomaar, with vowel reduction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.m?r/

Adverb

sommer

1. just, no more than

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sumarr, sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?m?r/, [?s?m?]

Noun

sommer c (singular definite sommeren, plural indefinite somre)

1. (season) summer (hottest season)

Inflection

Derived terms

• sommeragtig ("summerlike")
• sommerlig ("summerly")

See also

• sommer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Sommer (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• (seasons) årstider; forår,? sommer,? efterår,? vinter ^[edit]

French

Etymology

somme +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.me/

Verb

sommer

1. (mathematics) to sum up
2. to summon, to call

Conjugation

Related terms

• sommation

Further reading

• “sommer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sumarr, sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

sommer m (definite singular sommeren, indefinite plural sommere or somre or somrer, definite plural sommerne or somrene)

1. summer

Derived terms

See also

• sommar, sumar (Nynorsk)

References

• “sommer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/

Adjective

somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

Verb

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

References

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• somber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bromes, ombres, sombre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

Inflection

Derived terms

• somberaar
• somberen
• somberheid
• sombermans