Brille
glasses
noun BRIL-le Less Common
Origin: from Beryll, a beryl gemstone once used for lenses
Also means
spectacles
Usage Note
Brille is grammatically singular even though English 'glasses' is plural: Meine Brille ist kaputt ('my glasses are broken'). You tragen eine Brille ('wear glasses'); sunglasses are the compound Sonnenbrille.
Examples
"Ich brauche eine neue Brille."
Natural Translation
I need new glasses.
Literal Translation
I need a new glasses.
Related Words
- Haare schneiden to cut hair
- abfeilen to file down, to smooth with a file
- abrubbeln to rub down vigorously, to scrub off
- abschminken remove make-up
- abschneiden cut off; trim (hair, nails)
- abschrubben to scrub off, to scrub clean
- abschruppen to scrub vigorously
- abschälen to peel off (dead skin), to shed
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