summer solstice
The point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is…The point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted toward the Sun.
» After the summer solstice, the days gradually begin to get shorter.
Nach der Sommersonnenwende beginnen die Tage allmählich kürzer zu werden.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted toward the Sun.
Sommersonnenwende
ле́тнее солнцестоя́ниеlétneje solncestojánije
лі́тнє сонцестоя́нняlítnje soncestojánnja
- June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
Examples
8 sentencesAfter the summer solstice, the days gradually begin to get shorter.
deNach der Sommersonnenwende beginnen die Tage allmählich kürzer zu werden. — al_ex_an_der
Tomorrow's the summer solstice.
ruЗавтра день летнего солнцестояния. — marafon
Today is the summer solstice.
deHeute ist der Tag der Sommersonnenwende. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.
deIn Japan sind das Frühlings- und das Herbstäquinoktium nationale Feiertage, das Sommer- und das Wintersolstitium jedoch nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
In Japan, the spring and fall equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.
deIn Japan sind das Frühlings- und das Herbstäquinoktium nationale Feiertage, das Sommer- und das Wintersolstitium jedoch nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Forms
plural: summer solstices| Singular | summer solstice |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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