Feminine

Bremse

Sentences
An user
Auch   Fahrzeuge   ohne   Lenkrad Bremse   und   Gaspedal   werden   erprobt .

Vehicles without a steering wheel, brake and accelerator pedal are also tested.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) brake, device for causing deceleration
  2. (archaic, feminine) any kind of clamp that restricts movement
  3. (archaic, feminine) any kind of clamp that restricts movement

Synonyms

Pferdebremse

Pferdefliege

Radschuh

Abkantpresse

Tabanidae

Bremsystem

Bremsfliege

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

brämsi

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

brìama

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʁɛmzə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German bremse, borrowed from Middle Low German premese (“twitch for horses”), from the verb pramen (“to clamp”), with further origin unclear (DWDS).

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