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

May I ask for a little kümmel instead?

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

Schwandorf, tongue loosened a bit by his kümmel, chuckled.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)

Another perfect combination, if you can take it, is imported kümmel with any caraway-seeded cheese, or cream cheese with a handy saucer of caraway seeds.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

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