Bremser

[ˈbʁɛmzɐ]

/[ˈbʁɛmzɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Bremser” is uncommon German (frequency #80,182 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,182
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Fahrzeuge bremst

Corpus desk

Index DE-bremser · Bremser · German

Bremser · rank #80,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,182
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bremsung

Nearest frequency peer: Bremsung (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bremser“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bremser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bremser
PropertyValue
HeadwordBremser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁɛmzɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bremser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bremserfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bremsung“ (#80,183), „Borke“ (#80,178), „bonita“ (#80,177). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bremser“ bei #80,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bremser is uncommon German at frequency #80,182 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁɛmzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Bremser has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bremser, spelled B-R-E-M-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Fahrzeuge bremst
  2. 2
    Person, die Prozesse oder Projekte bremst und verlangsamt
  3. 3
    ein Traubenmost, der begonnen hat zu gären
  4. 4
    letzte Person in einem Bob, deren Aufgabe das Bremsen ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bremser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bremser sind Eisenbahner, die für das Bremsen von Eisenbahnzügen verantwortlich sind. Dieser Beruf wurde in Europa und bei den meisten Eisenbahnen auch außerhalb Europas durch die Einführung automatischer Bremssysteme verdrängt.“
  2. „Noch halten sich die Bremser angesichts des Volkszorns zurück. Eine Mehrheit hätte gemäss Umfrage eine temporäre Verstaatlichung der Credit Suisse der Schaffung einer Monsterbank vorgezogen.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bremser"?
"Bremser" is spelled B-R-E-M-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɛmzɐ].
What does "Bremser" mean?
As a noun, "Bremser" means: Person, die Fahrzeuge bremst
How do you pronounce "Bremser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bremser" is [ˈbʁɛmzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bremser" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bremser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list