bremst

Bremst is the present tense form of the German verb bremsen, meaning to brake, slow down, or stop moving. It is used to describe an action in which a driver or mechanism reduces speed, or in a broader sense to slow any motion. As a common verb, it appears in everyday language, technical writing, and traffic safety contexts.

Etymology and grammar: The verb bremsen comes from older Germanic roots and is related to similar words in other Germanic languages that denote braking or slowing. Bremst is the third-person singular and the second-person singular informal present tense form, both written the same way in standard German. The infinitive is bremsen; the past participle is gebremst, used with the auxiliary haben to form the perfect: ich habe gebremst. The imperative is Brems! for informal you, and Bremsen Sie for formal you.

Usage examples: In traffic discourse, a sentence such as Der Fahrer bremst, um den Hindernissen auszuweichen, illustrates a braking action to avoid a collision. In mechanical contexts, Die Bremsen des Fahrzeugs sind verschlissen, was die Bremsleistung beeinträchtigt, shows brake components and their condition. Metaphorically, one might say, Die Politik bremst die Reformen, to describe slowing or delaying measures.

Related terms: The noun for the braking device is Bremse, and the related noun for braking action is Bremskraft. The verb can also appear in compound forms (brechen? not in this case) and in idiomatic expressions that describe restraint or slowing in non-physical contexts.