Why is it der Summer?
Summer ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -er der
Meaning
Examples
[1] "A loud summer tint"
[1] „Ein lauter Summer tönte.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Summer | die Summer |
| Genitiv | des Summers | der Summer |
| Dativ | dem Summer | den Summern |
| Akkusativ | den Summer | die Summer |
Pronunciation
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