Brille
See also: brille and brillé
German
Etymology
From Middle High German brille, berille, from berillus (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”). Compare dialectal English brills (“spectacles”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁɪlə/
- (Austria)
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Noun
Brille f (genitive Brille, plural Brillen)
- (pair of) glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 42:
- In einer Seitenstraße kaufte ich mir bei einem Optiker eine billige, blaue Brille und setzte sie sofort auf.
- In a side street, I bought a cheap, blue pair of glasses at an optician and immediately put them on.
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 42:
- (pair of) goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face)
- (toilet) seat (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet)
- (medical) nasal canulla for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose)
Declension
Declension of Brille [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Brille | die | Brillen |
genitive | einer | der | Brille | der | Brillen |
dative | einer | der | Brille | den | Brillen |
accusative | eine | die | Brille | die | Brillen |
Derived terms
- Brillenschlange
- Klobrille
- Lesebrille
- WC-Brille
Descendants
- → Lower Sorbian: bryla
- → Polish: bryle
- → Czech: brýle
Further reading
- “Brille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Brille” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Brille” in Duden online
Brille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Brille
- plural of Brill