"Hummel" meaning in German

See Hummel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhʊməl/ Audio: De-Hummel.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Hummels [genitive, masculine], Hummel [genitive, masculine], Hummel [feminine, genitive], Hummels [plural], Hummel [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|humbel}} Middle High German humbel, {{inh|de|goh|humbal}} Old High German humbal, {{cog|nl|hommel}} Dutch hommel, {{cog|da|humlebi}} Danish humlebi, {{cog|sv|humla}} Swedish humla, {{onomatopoeic|de|title=onomatopoeic}} onomatopoeic, {{m+|en|hum}} English hum Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} 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 Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Hummel-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header, German onomatopoeias Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of German onomatopoeias: 46 54

Noun

IPA: /ˈhʊməl/ Audio: De-Hummel.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|humbel}} Middle High German humbel, {{inh|de|goh|humbal}} Old High German humbal, {{cog|nl|hommel}} Dutch hommel, {{cog|da|humlebi}} Danish humlebi, {{cog|sv|humla}} Swedish humla, {{onomatopoeic|de|title=onomatopoeic}} onomatopoeic, {{m+|en|hum}} English hum Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Hummel f (genitive Hummel, plural Hummeln) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Hummel [genitive], Hummeln [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Hummel [nominative, singular], Hummeln [definite, nominative, plural], Hummel [genitive, singular], Hummeln [definite, genitive, plural], Hummel [dative, singular], Hummeln [dative, definite, plural], Hummel [accusative, singular], Hummeln [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. bumblebee Tags: feminine Derived forms: Hummelflug, Hummeln im Hintern
    Sense id: en-Hummel-de-noun-WYQnA0VD Categories (other): German onomatopoeias, Bees Disambiguation of German onomatopoeias: 46 54 Disambiguation of Bees: 28 72

Inflected forms

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