bremsen
German, verb
bremsen is spelled B-R-E-M-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bremsen is a German verb meaning “to brake, slow down, decelerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bremsen is a different word: “gerund of bremsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Geschwindigkeit, das Tempo verringern, vermindern, verlangsamen”.
What does bremsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brake, slow down, decelerate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bremsen
noun
- 1
plural of Bremse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Geschwindigkeit, das Tempo verringern, vermindern, verlangsamen 2. etwas oder jemanden zur Verringerung der Geschwindigkeit von Bewegungen, Prozessen, Handlungen, Entwicklungen veranlassen, bringen 3. geräuschvoll während des Schlafs atmen
noun: 1. die Verringerung der Geschwindigkeit eines Gefährts
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bremsen
- bremst present singular third-person
- bremste past
- gebremst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bremsend participle present
- bremse first-person indicative present
- bremsest second-person singular subjunctive
- bremset plural second-person subjunctive
- bremsten first-person indicative plural
- bremstest indicative preterite second-person
- bremstet indicative plural preterite
- brems imperative second-person singular
- habe gebremst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebremst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- brems! imperative singular
- bremse! imperative singular
- bremst! imperative plural
- gebremst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bremsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bremsen in German?
bremsen appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).