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die Brillenschlange

person with glasses, four-eyes, cobra

Brillen Plural + schlange snake
noun · nominative / genitive / dative / accusative, singular feminine Rare #42,818
person with glasses, four-eyes Colloquial and insulting when used for a person.
GE: Er nennt mich Brillenschlange, weil ich eine Brille trage.
EN: He calls me four-eyes because I wear glasses.
cobra Also the name of a type of snake, literally a “spectacled snake.”
GE: Im Zoo sehen wir eine Brillenschlange.
EN: We see a cobra at the zoo.
Declension of Brillenschlange
SingularPlural
Nominative Brillenschlange —
Accusative Brillenschlange —
Genitive Brillenschlange —
Dative Brillenschlange —

Hey, Brillenschlange.

Hey, spectacled snake.

— Indian Love Story - Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Wir müssen die Brillenschlange finden, und zwar sofort.

We need to find the spectacled snake, and we need to find it now.

— Bullet Train (2022)

Wie wäre es für dich, wenn ich dich wegen der Brillenschlange verlasse?

How would you feel if I left you because of the spectacled cobra?

— Indian Love Story - Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Brillenschlange!

Spectacled snake!

— Indian Love Story - Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Los, Brillenschlange.

Come on, four-eyes.

— The Long Walk - Todesmarsch (2025)