noun
pill
B1
Pille: pill; commonly refers to a small tablet and often to the contraceptive pill ('die Pille'). Noun: feminine (die Pille), plural Pillen. Declension regular. Used in medical and everyday contexts; can mean any small tablet (medicine) or specifically birth-control in colloquial usage.
Examples
Die Ärztin erklärte, dass die Pille oft anders eingenommen wurde, weil die Patientinnen Nebenwirkungen meldeten.
The doctor explained that the pill was often taken differently because the patients reported side effects.
Die Ärztin hat ihr eine Pille gegen Kopfschmerzen gegeben.
The doctor gave her a pill for the headache.
Die Pille muss regelmäßig eingenommen werden.
The pill must be taken regularly.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a small round tablet in a blister pack labeled 'Pille'.
Sounds like English 'pill' — same short i sound.
die Pille — feminine: imagine a little purse (die) holding the pill.
Notes
Can mean any small tablet; in some contexts 'die Pille' specifically refers to the contraceptive pill ('the pill').