Bremer

Translingual

Proper noun

Bremer

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Hans Bremer (fl. 1947).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) +‎ -er.

Noun

Bremer (plural Bremers)

1. 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

1. A habitational surname from German.

Derived terms

• Bremer County

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bremer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: 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/

• Audio

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Noun

Bremer m (strong, genitive Bremers, plural Bremer, feminine Bremerin)

1. Bremer (person)
2. fishburger, a sandwich filled with a fishcake

   Synonym: Fischfrikadellenbrötchen

Declension

Declension of Bremer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bremer	die	Bremer
genitive	eines	des	Bremers	der	Bremer
dative	einem	dem	Bremer	den	Bremern
accusative	einen	den	Bremer	die	Bremer

Adjective

Bremer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Bremen

Derived terms

• Bremerhaven
• dreimal ist Bremer Recht

Related terms

• bremisch
• Bremisch

Further reading

• “Bremer” in Duden online
• “Bremer” in Duden online