midsummer
The period around the summer solsticeThe period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
(countable, uncountable)The first day of summer.
(countable, uncountable)The middle of summer.
Hochsommer
(countable, uncountable)Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
Johannistag, Mittsommer
Ива́н Купа́лаIván Kupála, Ива́нов деньIvánov denʹ
(countable, uncountable)A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.
- June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
Examples
4 sentencesIn spring brightly green, and spangled with wild flowers, by midsummer this prairie had grown sere and yellow.
It was midsummer.
deEs war Mittsommer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The climate of this town is so mild that the thermometer seldom rises to thirty degrees, even in midsummer.
deDas Klima dieser Stadt ist so mild, dass das Thermometer selten dreißig Grad erreicht, selbst im Hochsommer. — Tamy
There are often many parties around Midsummer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”),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”).
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Forms
plural: midsummersSynonyms
4 synonyms- June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point:summer solsticeJune 21
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable