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Bremse
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bremse
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈbʁɛmzə/
de De-Bremse.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɛmzə 2
Etymology 1
From de gmh bremse, borrowed from de gml premese twitch for horses, from the verb gml pramen to clamp, with further origin de unclear (DWDS).
Noun
f
brake, device for causing deceleration
de archaic any kind of clamp that restricts movement
de Medical equipment 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
de Kluppe
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Bremsbeläge bremsen Bremser Bremsrakete Bremsspur Bremsstrahlung Felgenbremse Rücktrittbremse Sattelbremse Schuldenbremse Spaßbremse
Descendants
sv 1 broms
Etymology 2
de ine-pro *bʰrem-
de gem-pro
From de gml brēmse, borrowed from de osx *brimissa, from osx *brummōn, from de gmw-pro *brummōn to buzz, drone.
This form superseded High German de Breme now archaic, from de gmh breme, from de goh brema. The form goh 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
f
de gadfly horsefly, breezefly, gadfly fly of the family Tabanidae
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Viehbremse species of horsefly
Further reading
de
de Automotive parts Horseflies Parasites