Bremer
Translingual
Proper noun
Bremer
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Hans Bremer (fl. 1947).
Further reading
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) + -er.
Noun
Bremer (plural Bremers)
- A native or inhabitant of Bremen, Germany.
- 2009, Lynn K. Nyhart, “Biological Groups, Nature, and Culture in the Museum”, in Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 258:
- Tobacco, cotton, and sugar from the tropics were all imported in raw form and turned into cigars, cloth, and processed sugar in Bremen and its surrounding villages. Bremers sought to promote their city's role as a business center based on imports.
Proper noun
Bremer
- A habitational surname from German.
Derived terms
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bremer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223.
German
Etymology
From Bremen + -er. The ending -en is sometimes lost before the suffix -er without there being a clear rule (compare -hausen, which makes -häuser or -hausener). The use for a sandwich is a pun on Hamburger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁeːmɐ/
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Noun
Bremer m (strong, genitive Bremers, plural Bremer, feminine Bremerin)
- Bremer (person)
- fishburger, a sandwich filled with a fishcake
- Synonym: Fischfrikadellenbrötchen
Declension
Declension of Bremer [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Bremer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Bremen
Derived terms
- Bremerhaven
- dreimal ist Bremer Recht
Related terms
- bremisch
- Bremisch