Kümmelblättchen

German

Etymology

From Kümmel (“caraway”) +‎ Blättchen (“little card”). The first element is actually a folk etymology, and is an alteration of Hebrew גִּימֶל‎‎‎ (gímel, “the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet”).

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Noun

Kümmelblättchen n (genitive Kümmelblättchens, no plural)

  1. (archaic) three-card monte
    Synonym: Dreiblatt
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