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Sommer¹

Where it comes from

* 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 Sommers

  1. A surname from German.

sommer²

Where it comes from

From Afrikaans sommer.

interjection

  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.

sommer³

noun sommers

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of summer

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"sommer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sommer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sommer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sommer

Chicago

"sommer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sommer.

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@misc{sommer_2026,
  title = {sommer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sommer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}