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Hummus

German, noun/ˈhʊmʊs/

Hummus is spelled H-U-M-M-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hummus is a German masculine noun meaning “hummus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brei aus Kichererbsen mit verschiedenen Gewürzen und Ölen, der traditionell im arabischen Raum und Israel als…”.

What does Hummus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineneuterhummus

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Brei aus Kichererbsen mit verschiedenen Gewürzen und Ölen, der traditionell im arabischen Raum und Israel als Vorspeise mit Fladenbrot gegessen wird

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Hummus

  • Hommos alternative
  • Hommus variant
  • Homus variant
  • Humos variant
  • Humus variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Hummus?

  • /ˈhʊmʊs/
  • [ˈhʊmʊs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Hummus

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Hummus in German?

Hummus appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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