Bremsspur

German

Etymology

From Bremse (“brake”) +‎ Spur (“trace”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bremsspur f (genitive Bremsspur, plural Bremsspuren)

1. skid mark (A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction)
2. (colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) skid mark (A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl)

   Synonym: Beistrich

Declension

Declension of Bremsspur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bremsspur	die	Bremsspuren
genitive	einer	der	Bremsspur	der	Bremsspuren
dative	einer	der	Bremsspur	den	Bremsspuren
accusative	eine	die	Bremsspur	die	Bremsspuren

Further reading

• “Bremsspur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bremsspur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bremsspur” in Duden online
• Bremsspur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Brems (“brake”) +‎ Spur (“trace”), after German Bremsspur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʀæmsˌʃpuːʀ/, [ˈbʀæm(p)sˌʃpuː.ɐ], [-ˌʃpuə̯]

Noun

Bremsspur f (plural Bremsspuren)

1. skid mark