Bremen

English

Etymology

From German Bremen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪmən/, /ˈbɹɛmən/
• Rhymes: -eɪmən, -ɛmən

Proper noun

Bremen

1. A major city on the Weser river in northwest Germany.
2. A federal state of contemporary Germany, composed of the above city plus the city of Bremerhaven, located circa 35 km to the north at the mouth of the Weser.

Translations

state

• Armenian: Բրեմեն (hy) (Bremen)
• Catalan: Bremen
• Danish: Bremen
• Dutch: Bremen
• Finnish: Bremen (fi)
• French: Brême (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრემენი (bremeni)
• German: Bremen (de) n

  Central Franconian: Breme

• Hungarian: Bréma (hu)
• Latvian: Brēmene (lv) f

• Low German:

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

• Macedonian: Бремен m (Bremen)
• Marathi: ब्रेमेन n (bremena)
• North Frisian: Breem (Föhr)
• Polish: Brema (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bremen m
• Punjabi: ਬਰੇਮਨ (Breman)
• Russian: Бре́мен (ru) m (Brémen)
• Slovak: Brémy f pl
• Turkish: Bremen

city

• Albanian: Bremen
• Arabic: بْرِيمِن‎ m (brimin)
• Armenian: Բրեմեն (hy) (Bremen)
• Catalan: Bremen
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不來梅, 不来梅 (Bùláiméi)

• 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)

• 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:

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

• Macedonian: Бремен m (Bremen)
• Marathi: ब्रेमेन n (bremena)
• North Frisian: Breem (Föhr)
• Polish: Brema (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bremen f, Brema f
• Punjabi: ਬਰੇਮਨ (Breman)
• Russian: Бре́мен (ru) m (Brémen)
• Slovak: Brémy f pl
• Swedish: Bremen (sv)
• Turkish: Bremen

See also

• Wikipedia article on the state of Bremen
• Wikipedia article on the city of Bremen

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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 (genitive Bremens)

1. Bremen (city)
2. Bremen (state)

Related terms

• Bremer
• bremisch
• Bremerhaven

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bremen.

Proper noun

Bremen f

1. Bremen (a city and state of Germany)

Synonyms

• Brema