How to Say "Summer" in German

Sommer

/ˈzɔmɐ/masculine

The German word for summer is Sommer. Wiktionary also lists Sommerzeit.

Meaning: hottest season (noun)

Ways to say it

“summer” in German
German	IPA	Note
Sommer	/ˈzɔmɐ/	masculine
Sommerzeit	/ˈzɔmɐˌt͡saɪ̯t/	feminine

Sommer is a masculine noun used to refer to the hottest season of the year.

While Sommer refers to the season itself, Sommerzeit is used specifically to mean daylight saving time.

In the Bavarian dialect, you may hear Der Somma used for summer.

To express the phrase 'in summer', the preposition in is used with the masculine dative article dem, which contracts to form im Sommer.

/ˈzɔmɐ/

The phrase Sommerloch, meaning 'summer hole', refers to a period of slow news during the season when politicians and journalists go on holiday.
In Germany, the concept of Sommerfrische historically referred to the custom of spending the summer in the countryside to escape city heat.
German uses the word Sommer in the term Sommerschlaf, which describes a state of inactivity during the hot months, mirroring 'winter sleep' or hibernation.

Der Sommer ist da.
Summer has come.
The first sentence shows how to say summer has arrived using Sommer.
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Wie war Ihr Sommer?
How was your summer?
The second sentence demonstrates how to ask how someone's summer was using Sommer.
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Es ist fast Sommer.
It's almost summer.
The third sentence shows how to say it is almost summer using Sommer.
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Der Sommer in Deutschland kann sehr heiß sein.
Summer in Germany can be very hot.
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