Sommeranfang
German, noun/ˈzɔmɐˌʔanfaŋ/
Sommeranfang is spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-A-N-F-A-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sommeranfang is a German masculine noun meaning “beginning of summer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Beginn des Sommers”.
What does Sommeranfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeginning of summer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Beginn des Sommers
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sommeranfang
- Sommeranfanges genitive
- Sommeranfangs genitive
- Sommeranfänge plural
- Sommeranfange dative singular
- Sommeranfängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sommeranfang?
- /ˈzɔmɐˌʔanfaŋ/
- [ˈzɔmɐˌʔanfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sommeranfang in German?
Sommeranfang appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).