Brämme

See also: bramme

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German breme, from Old High German brema, from *breman (“to drone”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”). Cognate with archaic German Breme.

Noun

Brämme f

1. (Uri) horsefly

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.