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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

Noun

somer (plural somers)

1. (obsolete or eye dialect) Summer.

Anagrams

• Mores, Morse, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, morse, omers, s'more, smore

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zomer.

Noun

somer (plural somers)

1. summer

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin sagm?rius (“having a saddle”), from sagma (“saddle for pack animals”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /so?me/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /su?me/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /so?me?/

Noun

somer m (plural somers)

1. (dialectal) jackass

   Synonym: ase

Coordinate terms

• somera (“she-ass”)

Further reading

• “somer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

s?mer m

1. summer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• sommer

Derived terms

• s?mersch
• middes?mer

Descendants

• Dutch: zomer
  • Afrikaans: somer
• Limburgish: zómmer
• West Flemish: zommer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *s?mari, from Medieval Latin sagm?rius.

Noun

sômer m

1. beast of burden, especially a horse
2. pack, case (which is loaded onto and carried by a horse)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “somer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “somer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “somer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “somer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• somere, summir, sumer

Etymology

From Old English sumor, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sum?r/

Noun

somer (plural somers)

1. summer

Declension

Derived terms

• gossomer

Descendants

• English: summer
• Scots: somer, sumer, simmer, simer
• Yola: zimmer, zummer

See also