kümmel

American  

[kim-uhl, ky-muhl] / ˈkɪm əl, ˈkü məl /

noun

1. a colorless cordial or liqueur flavored with cumin, caraway seeds, etc., made especially in the Baltic area.

2. Leyden cheese containing caraway seeds.

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kümmel British  

/ ˈkʊməl, ˈkyməl /

noun

1. a German liqueur flavoured with aniseed and cumin

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Etymology

Origin of kümmel

1880–85; < German Kümmel, Old High German kumil, apparently dissimilated variant of kumin cumin

Example Sentences

Mrs. "Temperance" Fisher, "only female wholesale liquor dealer in England," purveyoress of kümmel to the House of Lords, electrified Tory topers last week by announcing that she now receives periodic shipments of Soviet vodka.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then dash on a splash of kümmel, the caraway liqueur that's best when imported.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

I added a bottle of kümmel to the ham and the rye bread.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

And then he sent me some kümmel, it was Prussian made, wretched sweet stuff, and very bad.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

Milwaukee Kümmelkäse has made a name for itself as a nibble most suitable with most drinks, from beer to imported kümmel liqueur.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton