different between fummel vs kummel

English

Alternative forms

• funnel

Etymology

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Noun

fummel (plural fummels)

1. A hinny; hybrid of male horse and female donkey.

German

Pronunciation

Verb

fummel

1. inflection of fummeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

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 2008, p. 140:

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

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kümmel, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German kumil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: kum?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

kummel m (uncountable)

1. caraway, Carum carvi

   Synonym: karwij

2. kummel (caraway-based spirits)

Related terms

• komijn

French

Etymology

From German Kümmel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.m?l/

Noun

kummel m (plural kummels)

1. kummel

Further reading

• “kummel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).