noun
glasses
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Brille means 'glasses' (a pair of spectacles). It's a feminine noun (die Brille); plural Brillen. German often uses the singular to refer to a single pair. Declensions: plural die Brillen; dative plural den Brillen; genitive plural der Brillen. Common collocation: 'eine Brille tragen'.
Examples
Ich habe meine Brille im Café liegen lassen.
I left my glasses at the café.
Ich brauche eine neue Brille.
I need new glasses.
Der Bibliothekar fand die Brille, als der Student sie gestern im Lesesaal ablegte.
The librarian found the glasses when the student put them down in the reading room yesterday.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a pair of glasses folded on a table with a tag 'Brille'.
Think 'brill' like 'brilliant' — clear vision with 'Brille'.
Die Brille — associate glasses with 'die' as a single item (feminine).
Notes
In German 'Brille' is singular and refers to the pair of glasses; plural 'Brillen'.