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English
Etymology
From German Kümmel.
Noun
kummel (countable and uncountable, plural kummels)
- 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
Dutch
Etymology
18th-century borrowing from German Kümmel, which see. Doublet of komijn.
Pronunciation
Noun
kummel m (uncountable)
- caraway (Carum carvi)
- Synonym: karwij
- kummel (caraway-based spirits)
French
Etymology
From German Kümmel.
Pronunciation
Noun
kummel m (plural kummels)
- kummel
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Swedish kumbel, from Old Norse kumbl, from Proto-Germanic *kumblą.
Noun
kummel n
- cairn
Declension
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Etymology 2
Dialectal variant of kol (“coal”) + mule (“mouth”). Cognate of Danish kulmule.
Noun
kummel c
- (zoology) European hake, Merluccius merluccius
Declension
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