sommarmåne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

sumarmåne
sommarmånad, sumarmånad (summer month)

Etymology

From sommar (“summer”) +‎ måne (“moon, month”).

Noun

sommarmåne m (definite singular sommarmånen, indefinite plural sommarmånar, definite plural sommarmånane)

(non-standard since 1959, colloquial) a month of summer
- 1971, Alfred Hauge, Kvinner på Galgebakken, Oslo: Gyldendal, page 112:
  Strandhytta var utstyrd så det hjelpte for nokre sommarmånar.
  The beachhouse was equipped to last for a couple of summer months.
(chiefly in the definite singular) the moon during summer

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