sommarmåne
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- sumarmåne
- (summer month): sommarmånad, sumarmånad
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, Hauge, Alfred, 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