Sommer

See also: sommer, sømmer, and sòmmer

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)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sommer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsomɛr]

Proper noun

Sommer m anim (female equivalent Sommerová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Sommer (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sommer	Sommerové
genitive	Sommera	Sommerů
dative	Sommerovi	Sommerům
accusative	Sommera	Sommery
vocative	Sommere	Sommerové
locative	Sommerovi	Sommerech
instrumental	Sommerem	Sommery

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 som[m]er). Further cognates are Dutch zomer, West Frisian simmer, English summer, Danish sommer, Icelandic sumar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔmɐ/

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Noun

Sommer m (strong, genitive Sommers, plural Sommer)

1. summer

Declension

Declension of Sommer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sommer	die	Sommer
genitive	eines	des	Sommers	der	Sommer
dative	einem	dem	Sommer	den	Sommern
accusative	einen	den	Sommer	die	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) 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”)

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

Declension

Declension of Sommer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	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

• Winter

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔmɐ/

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

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary