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

• Hummelflug
• Hummeln im Hintern

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