"sommer" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: From Afrikaans sommer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|af|sommer}} Afrikaans sommer Head templates: {{en-interj}} sommer
  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. Tags: South-Africa
    Sense id: en-sommer-en-intj-PJq-1Asg Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: sommers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sommer (plural sommers)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of summer Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: summer
    Sense id: en-sommer-en-noun-kgKoGb6T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for sommer meaning in English (1.6kB)

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