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)

1. (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.

2. (chiefly in the definite singular) the moon during summer