Standard Lemma guide

Sommer

intj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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intj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 3

Obsolete form of summer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

From Afrikaans sommer.

* 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.

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