Hummel

See also: hummel and hümmel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German humbel, hummel, from Old High German humbal, humbala, humbalo. Cognate with Dutch hommel, Danish humlebi, Swedish humla. Eventually probably onomatopoeic and related with English hum.

Compare English bumblebee, which has Middle English bombeln ("to buzz") as its first element.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊməl/
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Noun

Hummel f (genitive Hummel, plural Hummeln)

  1. bumblebee

Declension
Declension of Hummel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hummel die Hummeln
genitive einer der Hummel der Hummeln
dative einer der Hummel den Hummeln
accusative eine die Hummel die Hummeln

Derived terms

Proper noun

Hummel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hummels or (with an article) Hummel, feminine genitive Hummel, plural Hummels or Hummel)

  1. a surname

Further reading
  • “Hummel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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