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Webster 1913 Edition


Kummel

Kum′mel

,
Noun.
[G.
kümmel
cumin, caraway seed, L.
cuminum
. Cf.
Cumin
.]
A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.

Definition 2024


kummel

kummel

See also: kümmel and Kümmel

English

Noun

kummel (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.’

French

Etymology

From German Kümmel

Noun

kummel m (plural kummels)

  1. kummel