Sommerloch

German

Etymology

From Sommer (“summer”) +‎ Loch (“hole, gap”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɔmɐˌlɔx/

Noun

Sommerloch n (genitive Sommerlochs or Sommerloches, plural Sommerlöcher)

(journalism) silly season; slow news day (time during the summer break when the media resort to reporting indifferent stories)

Declension

Declension of Sommerloch

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sommerloch	die	Sommerlöcher
genitive	eines	des	Sommerloches, Sommerlochs	der	Sommerlöcher
dative	einem	dem	Sommerloch, Sommerloche¹	den	Sommerlöchern
accusative	ein	das	Sommerloch	die	Sommerlöcher

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Sauregurkenzeit

Further reading

Sommerloch in Duden online

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