# die Bremse

die Bremse is a German noun meaning “brake”. Forms: der Bremse, die Bremsen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Bremse
- Plural: die Bremsen

## In other languages

- Русский: тормоз
- Українська: гальмо

## Noun

1. brake, device for causing deceleration
2. _archaic_ any kind of clamp that restricts movement
3. _archaic_ in particular, a twitch wherewith particularly in veterinary medicine body parts of a beast (face, testicles etc.) are pinched to perform surgical or similar operations

## Noun

1. horsefly, breezefly, gadfly (fly of the family Tabanidae)

## Examples

- Mit den Bremsen stimmt etwas nicht. — Something is wrong with the brakes.
- Die Bremsen funktionierten nicht. — The brakes didn't work.
- Treten Sie auf die Bremse! — Hit the brakes.
- Wir haben keine Bremsen! — We've got no brakes!
- Die Bremse funktionierte nicht. — The brake didn't work.

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