sommer

See also Sommer

English

Etymology

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.

   Why do I have to go to school?
   Sommer.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔmər/, [ˈsʌmɐ]

Noun

sommer c (singular definite sommeren, plural indefinite somre)

1. summer (hottest season)

Inflection

    Inflection of sommer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sommer	sommeren	somre	somrene
genitive	sommers	sommerens	somres	somrenes

Derived terms

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

See also

• Sommer on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Sommer (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Sommer (flertydig)
• (seasons) årstid; forår/‎vår,‎ sommer,‎ efterår/‎høst,‎ vinter ^[edit]

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French

Etymology

somme +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Verb

sommer

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sommer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sommer			avoir sommé
gerund		en sommant			en ayant sommé
present participle		sommant
past participle		sommé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	somme	sommes	somme	sommons	sommez	somment
	imperfect	sommais	sommais	sommait	sommions	sommiez	sommaient
	past historic1	sommai	sommas	somma	sommâmes	sommâtes	sommèrent
	future	sommerai	sommeras	sommera	sommerons	sommerez	sommeront
	conditional	sommerais	sommerais	sommerait	sommerions	sommeriez	sommeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	somme	sommes	somme	sommions	sommiez	somment
	imperfect1	sommasse	sommasses	sommât	sommassions	sommassiez	sommassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	somme	—	sommons	sommez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• sommation

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

sommer m (definite singular sommeren; indefinite plural sommere/somrer/somre; definite plural sommerne/somrene)

1. summer