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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Bremen.

Proper noun

Bremen

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

   Synonym: Brema

2. Bremen (a state of Germany)