midsummer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Adj

Occurring in the middle of summer.

Sinonieme

summer solstice

dog days

June 21

height of summer

second month of summer

Vertalings

Hochsommer

piena estate

midzomer

pleno verano

canícula

Mittsommer

en plein été

plein été

μέσο του θέρους

milieu de l’été

cœur de l’été

au milieu de l’été

Mitte des Sommers

21 juin

θερινό ηλιοστάσιο

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: midsomer

Geërf van Old English: midsumer

Verwante met Fries: midsimmer

Verwante met Nederlands: midzomer

Verwante met Duits: Mittsommer

Verwante met Deens: midsommer

Verwante met Sweeds: midsommar

Verwante met Yslands: miðsumar

In summary

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”).