sommer

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interjection

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.”

OriginAfrikaans sommer →
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Meanings

sommer1

interjection
  1. South Africajust 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.

sommer2

nounsommer (countable and uncountable, plural sommers)

plural sommers

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of summer.

Sommer3

proper nounSommer (plural Sommers)

plural Sommers

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

sommer · interjection

  1. Afrikaanssommer
  2. Englishsommer

From Afrikaans sommer.

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Sommer · proper noun

  1. Latinsagma“pack saddle”
  2. Middle Low Germansomere“pack animal”
  3. EnglishSommer

* 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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APA

sommer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sommer

MLA

“sommer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sommer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sommer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sommer.

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