midsommar
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish miþsumar. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk midtsumar and Norwegian Bokmål midtsommer, but has a slightly different sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /²mɪˌsɔmar/
- (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /²miːdˌsɔmar/, /²mɪdˌsɔmar/
Noun
[edit]midsommar c
- Midsummer, midsummer (holiday)
- fira midsommar
- celebrate Midsummer
- midsommarfirande
- Midsummer celebration
- På midsommar dansar man runt stången
- On Midsummer, you dance around the pole
- äta sill och färskpotatis och dricka nubbe på midsommar
- eat (pickled) herring and new potatoes and drink snaps on Midsummer
Usage notes
[edit]- Not capitalized in Swedish (holidays are not capitalized), but might be in English for consistency.
- Midsommar can either be pronounced a short first vowel and no /d/, or with (usually) a long first vowel and an audible /d/. The first pronunciation is older and is an example of complete regressive assimilation, where clusters such as -ds- and -ts- were assimilated to -ss-, which also found in the pronunciation of words like ledsen, låtsas, matsäck, skjutsa, and many others. The second pronunciation is newer and have a reintroduced /d/ due to spelling pronunciation. Both are considered standard and correct.
Declension
[edit]Declension of midsommar
Derived terms
[edit]- midsommarafton
- midsommarblomster
- midsommarbukett
- midsommardag
- midsommardans
- midsommarkrans
- midsommarstång