# summerhouse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #80,933

## Definitions
1. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
2. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

## Etymology
From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.

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