# midsummer

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #25,136

## Definitions
1. The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
2. The first day of summer.
3. The middle of summer.
4. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
5. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

## Etymology
From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`imdsummer`, `mdisummer`, `middsummer`, `midsmumer`, `midssummer`, `midsumemr`, `midsumer`, `midsummerr`, `midsummre`, `midusmmer`, `misdummer`, `mmidsummer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/midsummer