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Noun [German]

IPA: /altˈvaɪ̯bɐˌzɔmɐ/ Audio: De-Altweibersommer.ogg
Etymology: At least in the meaning "Indian summer", seemingly from alt (“old”) + Weiber (“women's”) + Sommer (“summer”), literally "old women's summer". Compare Hungarian vénasszonyok nyara, Polish babie lato, archaic Czech babské léto, Russian ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto), Belarusian ба́біна ле́та (bábina ljéta), Ukrainian ба́бине лі́то (bábyne líto), and English old wives' summer; compare also German Mädchensommer (literally “girls' summer”); the Polish and Czech terms for the season are also used for the webs. DWDS suggests the use for cobwebs could be comparing them to old women's white hair, like the name of the wood anemone, Altweibergras, and a regional name for cottongrass, alte Mägde. Alternatively, the middle element Weib may be a regional variant of Spinnwebe (“spider's web”) (cognate to English web), or related to weben (meaning, and related to, weave). Compare English gossamer, traditionally taken to be from "goose summer" and to have originally referred to the season (like Scots goesomer (“St Martin's summer”)) and then to webs; DWDS considers the connection of that word with summer and this word with Sommer (“summer”) uncertain, but besides other summery words for the webs like Sommerfäden (literally “summer threads”) (cognate to Dutch zomerdraden (literally “summer-threads”)), fliegender Sommer (“strands of web”), and Mariensommer, there are words like Herbstfäden (literally “autumn threads”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|alt|Weib|Sommer|alt2=Weiber|t1=old|t2=women's|t3=summer}} alt (“old”) + Weiber (“women's”) + Sommer (“summer”), {{cog|hu|vénasszonyok nyara}} Hungarian vénasszonyok nyara, {{cog|pl|babie lato}} Polish babie lato, {{cog|cs|babské léto}} Czech babské léto, {{cog|ru|ба́бье ле́то}} Russian ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto), {{cog|be|ба́біна ле́та}} Belarusian ба́біна ле́та (bábina ljéta), {{cog|uk|ба́бине лі́то}} Ukrainian ба́бине лі́то (bábyne líto), {{cog|en|old wives' summer}} English old wives' summer, {{m+|de|Mädchensommer|lit=girls' summer}} German Mädchensommer (literally “girls' summer”), {{m|de|Altweibergras}} Altweibergras, {{m|de|alte Mägde}} alte Mägde, {{m|de|Weib}} Weib, {{m|de|Spinnwebe|Spinnwebe|spider's web}} Spinnwebe (“spider's web”), {{cog|en|web}} English web, {{m|de|weben}} weben, {{m|en|weave}} weave, {{cog|en|gossamer}} English gossamer, {{cog|sco|goesomer||St Martin's summer}} Scots goesomer (“St Martin's summer”), {{m|de|Sommer||summer}} Sommer (“summer”), {{m|de|Sommerfäden|lit=summer threads}} Sommerfäden (literally “summer threads”), {{cog|nl|zomerdraden|lit=summer-threads}} Dutch zomerdraden (literally “summer-threads”), {{m|de|fliegender Sommer||strands of web}} fliegender Sommer (“strands of web”), {{m|de|Mariensommer}} Mariensommer, {{m|de|Herbstfäden|lit=autumn threads}} Herbstfäden (literally “autumn threads”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Altweibersommer m (strong, genitive Altweibersommers, plural Altweibersommer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Altweibersommers [genitive], Altweibersommer [plural], strong [table-tags], Altweibersommer [nominative, singular], Altweibersommer [definite, nominative, plural], Altweibersommers [genitive, singular], Altweibersommer [definite, genitive, plural], Altweibersommer [dative, singular], Altweibersommern [dative, definite, plural], Altweibersommer [accusative, singular], Altweibersommer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. loose gossamer or cobwebs found in the air or on the ground Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Altweibersommer-de-noun-MML9O8ji Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of German links with redundant target parameters: 75 25
  2. Indian summer (a stretch of warm days in autumn) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Altweibersommer-de-noun-gEq0FKPH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Nachsommer, Mädchensommer Related terms: Weiberfastnacht, Sommerferien, Spätsommer

Inflected forms

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        "2": "Sommerfäden",
        "lit": "summer threads"
      },
      "expansion": "Sommerfäden (literally “summer threads”)",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "zomerdraden",
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      "expansion": "Dutch zomerdraden (literally “summer-threads”)",
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  "etymology_text": "At least in the meaning \"Indian summer\", seemingly from alt (“old”) + Weiber (“women's”) + Sommer (“summer”), literally \"old women's summer\". Compare Hungarian vénasszonyok nyara, Polish babie lato, archaic Czech babské léto, Russian ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto), Belarusian ба́біна ле́та (bábina ljéta), Ukrainian ба́бине лі́то (bábyne líto), and English old wives' summer; compare also German Mädchensommer (literally “girls' summer”); the Polish and Czech terms for the season are also used for the webs. DWDS suggests the use for cobwebs could be comparing them to old women's white hair, like the name of the wood anemone, Altweibergras, and a regional name for cottongrass, alte Mägde. Alternatively, the middle element Weib may be a regional variant of Spinnwebe (“spider's web”) (cognate to English web), or related to weben (meaning, and related to, weave).\nCompare English gossamer, traditionally taken to be from \"goose summer\" and to have originally referred to the season (like Scots goesomer (“St Martin's summer”)) and then to webs; DWDS considers the connection of that word with summer and this word with Sommer (“summer”) uncertain, but besides other summery words for the webs like Sommerfäden (literally “summer threads”) (cognate to Dutch zomerdraden (literally “summer-threads”)), fliegender Sommer (“strands of web”), and Mariensommer, there are words like Herbstfäden (literally “autumn threads”).",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altweibersommer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Altweibersommer m (strong, genitive Altweibersommers, plural Altweibersommer)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Alt‧wei‧ber‧som‧mer"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Weiberfastnacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sommerferien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spätsommer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "loose gossamer or cobwebs found in the air or on the ground"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gossamer",
          "gossamer"
        ],
        [
          "cobwebs",
          "cobwebs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Indian summer (a stretch of warm days in autumn)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Indian summer",
          "Indian summer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/altˈvaɪ̯bɐˌzɔmɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Altweibersommer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/De-Altweibersommer.ogg/De-Altweibersommer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/De-Altweibersommer.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Nachsommer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mädchensommer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Altweibersommer"
  ],
  "word": "Altweibersommer"
}

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