Brummer
German, noun/ˈbʁʊmɐ/
Brummer is spelled B-R-U-M-M-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brummer is a German masculine noun meaning “a big insect, especially a bluebottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes und dickes, meist auch lästiges Insekt, insbesondere Vertreter der Schmeißfliegen”.
What does Brummer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea big insect, especially a bluebottle
- 2
masculinea big lorry
- 3
masculinean obese man
- 4
masculinean attractive woman
- 5
masculinea whopper, a ginormous thing
- 6
derogatorymasculinea choir-singer with growling or droning voice
- 7
derogatorymasculinea comic or doltish person
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes und dickes, meist auch lästiges Insekt, insbesondere Vertreter der Schmeißfliegen 2. schwerer Lastzug 3. korpulente Person, die zudem einen schwerfälligen Eindruck macht 4. etwas, das wegen seiner überdurchschnittlichen Größe, seiner besonderen Ausgefallenheit oder ähnlichen hervorstechenden Eigenschaften zu Erstaunen führt und Aufmerksamkeit erregt
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 Brummer
- Brummers genitive
- Brummern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brummer?
- /ˈbʁʊmɐ/
- [ˈbʁʊmɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Brummer in German?
Brummer appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).