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Simmer in Germany

simmer

  1. Ane o fower saisons, tradeetionally the seicont, merked bi the langest an teepically hettest days o the year due tae the inclination o the Yird an thermal lag. Teepically regairdit as bein frae Juin 21 tae September 22 or 23 in pairts o the USA, the months o Juin, Julie an August in the Unitit Kinrick an the months of December, Januar an Februar in the Soothren Hemisphere.

Inglis

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Simmer (third-person singular simple present simmers, present participle simmering, simple past an past participle simmered)

  1. Tae hotter

German

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈzɪmɐ/

Simmer

  1. (colloquial, regional) Contraction o sind wir.
    Wann simmer denn da?
    When are we gonna be there?

Uissage notes

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This contraction is common ootthrou central Germany, soothren Germany, an Austrick. It is anerly occasionally heard in northren Germany.

See an aw

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Wast Frisian

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Etymology

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Frae Old Frisian sumur, sumer, frae Proto-Germanic *sumaraz. Compare Dutch zomer, German Sommer, Inglis summer, Dens sommer.

Simmer c (plural simmers)

  1. simmer