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

He was interested in the kümmel, and in the pistols, which were pawnable.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

Monsieur Tudesco, who at the moment was imbibing a glass of kümmel, pointed to his waistcoat of ticking.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole

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

And next to the dining room there was the space where provisions were kept—together with kegs of kümmel, and French and Rhine wines and claret....

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry