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Kummel vs Hummel - What's the difference?

kummel | hummel |

As nouns the difference between kummel and hummel

is that kummel is while hummel is a stag that has failed to grow antlers.

As a verb hummel is

to separate (barley) from the awns.

kummel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.’
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    hummel

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stag that has failed to grow antlers

    • Etymology 2

    Compare hamble.

    Verb

    (hummell)
  • To separate (barley) from the awns.