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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sommer

/sˈʌmɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
som-mer
IPA
/sˈʌmɚ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

intj

just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you do not want to answer or don't have a specific answer for.

noun

Obsolete form of summer.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "Why do I have to go to school? Sommer."

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, somere, sagma, sommer

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sommers (plural)

Homonyms

somer

Rhymes With

summer drummer plumber bummer dumber midsummer comer plummer hummer somer kummer dummer

Questions

How do you pronounce sommer?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈʌmɚ/.
What does sommer mean?
A surname from German.
Where does sommer come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce sommer

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