Bremse
See also: bremse
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁɛmzə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmzə
Etymology 1
From Middle High German bremse, borrowed from Middle Low German premese (“twitch for horses”), from the verb pramen (“to clamp”).
Noun
Bremse f (genitive Bremse, plural Bremsen)
- brake, device for causing deceleration
- (archaic) any kind of clamp that restricts movement
- in particular, a twitch wherewith particularly in veterinary medicine body parts of a beast (face, testicles etc.) are pinched to perform surgical or similar operations
- Synonym: Kluppe
- in particular, a twitch wherewith particularly in veterinary medicine body parts of a beast (face, testicles etc.) are pinched to perform surgical or similar operations
Declension
Declension of Bremse [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Bremse | die | Bremsen |
| genitive | einer | der | Bremse | der | Bremsen |
| dative | einer | der | Bremse | den | Bremsen |
| accusative | eine | die | Bremse | die | Bremsen |
Derived terms
- Bremsbeläge
- bremsen
- Bremser
- Bremsrakete
- Bremsspur
- Bremsstrahlung
- Felgenbremse
- Rücktrittbremse
- Sattelbremse
- Schuldenbremse
- Spaßbremse
Descendants
- → Swedish: broms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German brēmse, from Old Saxon brimissa, from *brummōn, from Proto-Germanic *brummōną (“to buzz, drone”).
This form superseded High German Breme (now archaic), from Middle High German breme, from Old High German brema. The form brimissa did exist in Old High German, but both the phonetic development and the attestations prove that it is not the direct source of the modern word.
Noun
Bremse f (genitive Bremse, plural Bremsen)
- horsefly, breezefly, gadfly (fly of the family Tabanidae)
Declension
Declension of Bremse [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Bremse | die | Bremsen |
| genitive | einer | der | Bremse | der | Bremsen |
| dative | einer | der | Bremse | den | Bremsen |
| accusative | eine | die | Bremse | die | Bremsen |
Derived terms
- Viehbremse (species of horsefly)
Further reading
- “Bremse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bremse” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bremse” in Duden online
- “Bremse” in OpenThesaurus.de
Bremse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de