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Hummel
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hummel hümmel
English
Noun
Hummel figurine
German
Etymology
From de gmh humbel, gmh hummel, from de goh humbal, goh humbala, goh humbalo. Cognate with nl hommel, da humlebi, sv humla. Eventually probably de onomatopoeic and related with en hum.
Compare English bumblebee, which has Middle English bombeln ("to buzz") as its first element.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhʊməl/
de De-Hummel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
bumblebee
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Hummelflug
de Hummeln im Hintern
Proper noun
surname
de
Further reading
de Bees