Bremen

See also: břemen

English

Etymology

From German Bremen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪmən/, /ˈbɹɛmən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪmən, -ɛmən

Proper noun

Bremen

1. The capital city of the state of Bremen, in northwest Germany, on the Weser river.
2. A state of Germany, composed of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
3. A community in the Rural Municipality of Bayne No. 371, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Haralson County and Carroll County, Georgia.
   3. A township in Cook County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
   6. A town in German Township, Marshall County, Indiana.
   7. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kansas.
   8. A minor city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
   9. A town and village therein, in Lincoln County, Maine.
   10. A township in Pine County, Minnesota.
   11. An unincorporated community in Wells County, North Dakota.
   12. A village in Fairfield County, Ohio.

Translations

state

• Armenian: Բրեմեն (hy) (Bremen)
• Bulgarian: Бре́мен m (Brémen)
• Catalan: Bremen (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不來梅 / 不来梅 (Bùláiméi)

• Corsican: Brema f
• Danish: Bremen
• Dutch: Bremen
• Finnish: Bremen (fi)
• French: Brême (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრემენი (bremeni)
• German: Bremen (de) n

  Central Franconian: Breme

• Hungarian: Bréma (hu)
• Italian: Brema (it) f
• Latin: Brēma f
• Latvian: Brēmene (lv) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Breemn n

  German Low German: Breem (nds) n, Briäm (nds) n (Münsterland)

• Macedonian: Бремен m (Bremen)
• Marathi: ब्रेमेन n (bremen)
• North Frisian: Breem (Föhr)
• Polish: Brema (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bremen m
• Punjabi: ਬਰੇਮਨ (bareman)
• Russian: Бре́мен (ru) m (Brémen)
• Slovak: Brémy f pl
• Turkish: Bremen
• Vietnamese: Brê-men
• West Frisian: Bremen n

city

• Albanian: Bremen
• Arabic: بْرِيمِن m (brimin)
• Armenian: Բրեմեն (hy) (Bremen)
• Bulgarian: Бре́мен m (Brémen)
• Catalan: Bremen (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不來梅 / 不来梅 (Bùláiméi)

• Corsican: Brema f
• Czech: Brémy (cs) pl
• Danish: Bremen
• Dutch: Bremen
• Finnish: Bremen (fi)
• French: Brême (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრემენი (bremeni)
• German: Bremen (de) n

  Alemannic German: Bremen

  Central Franconian: Breme

  Rhine Franconian: Bremä (Palatine)

• Greek: Βρέμη (el) f (Vrémi)
• Hungarian: Bréma (hu)
• Italian: Brema (it) f
• Japanese: ブレーメン (Burēmen)
• Korean: 브레멘 (Beuremen)
• Latin: Brēma f (Medieval Latin)
• Latvian: Brēmene (lv) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Breemn n

  German Low German: Breem (nds) n, Briäm (nds) n (Münsterland)

• Macedonian: Бремен m (Bremen)
• Marathi: ब्रेमेन n (bremen)
• North Frisian: Breem (Föhr)
• Polish: Brema (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bremen f, Brema f
• Punjabi: ਬਰੇਮਨ (bareman)
• Russian: Бре́мен (ru) m (Brémen)
• Sardinian: Brema f
• Slovak: Brémy f pl
• Swedish: Bremen (sv)
• Turkish: Bremen
• Vietnamese: Brê-men
• West Frisian: Bremen n

German

Etymology

The place name is from Old Saxon bremo (“edge”), referring to its location on a riverbank, sharing a common Germanic origin with Old Norse barmr (“rim”) (modern English brim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁeːmən/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bremen n (proper noun, genitive Bremens or (optionally with an article) Bremen)

1. Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)
2. Bremen (a state of Germany)

Related terms

• Bremer
• bremisch
• Bremerhaven

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Brema (adapted form)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Bremen.

Proper noun

Bremen(sometimes proscribed)

1. Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)
2. Bremen (a state of Germany)

Usage notes

• The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized forms of placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings) if these are already established in the language. As such, the form Brema is preferred.