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Sommer

name
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A surname of German origin, from the word for "summer."
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An informal reply to a "why" question when the speaker has no real reason or doesn't want to say — roughly "just because."
""Why did you do that?" "Sommer.""

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In plain EnglishA German surname, or slang for "just because" in answer to a "why" question.

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Etymology

As a surname, from the German, Danish, and Norwegian word for "summer"; as a slang interjection, an unrelated playful coinage.

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