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Brille

German, noun/ˈbʁɪlə/

Brille is spelled B-R-I-L-L-E (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brille is a German feminine noun meaning “glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem…”.

What does Brille mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineglasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)

  2. 2

    femininegoggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face)

  3. 3

    feminineEllipsis of Klobrille (“toilet seat”) (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet)

  4. 4

    femininenasal cannula for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vor den Augen getragenes Gestell mit Bügeln und zwei geschliffenen oder gefärbten als Sehhilfe oder dem Augenschutz dienenden Gläsern 2. ringförmiger Sitz des Klosettbeckens; WC-Brille

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Brille

  • Brillen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Brille?

  • /ˈbʁɪlə/
  • [ˈbʁɪlə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Brille

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Brille in German?

Brille appears 17 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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