kummel

See also: kümmel and Kümmel

English

Alternative forms

• kümmel

Etymology

From German Kümmel.

Noun

kummel (countable and uncountable, plural kummels)

1. A German caraway liqueur.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 140:

     ‘The best kümmel comes in those bear-shaped bottles. It comes from Russia.’

Translations

liqueur

• Galician: kummel m, licor de Ribadeo m
• Polish: alasz (pl) m

Dutch

Etymology

18th-century borrowing from German Kümmel, which see. Doublet of komijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏ.məl/

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• Hyphenation: kum‧mel
• Rhymes: -ʏməl

Noun

kummel m (uncountable)

1. caraway, Carum carvi

   Synonym: karwij

2. kummel (caraway-based spirits)

Related terms

• komijn (“cumin”)

French

Etymology

From German Kümmel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.mɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

kummel m (plural kummels)

1. kummel

Further reading

• “kummel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.