"Gretel" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -ɛtəl, -eɪtəl Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gretel
  1. A female given name from German, diminutive of Margarete. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (given name): Margot [feminine] (French), Magali [feminine] (French), Gretel [feminine, neuter] (German), Rita [feminine] (Italian), Grete [feminine] (Norwegian), Małgosia [feminine] (Polish), Gosia [feminine] (Polish), Gretel (Spanish), Greta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Gretel-en-name-p-O0zYCy Disambiguation of 'given name': 97 3
  2. A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Categories (topical): Fairy tale characters Translations (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel): غْرِيتِل (grētel) [feminine] (Arabic), جْرِيتِل (grētel) [feminine] (Arabic), Grietje [feminine] (Dutch), Kerttu (Finnish), Margot [feminine] (French), Gretel [feminine, neuter] (German), Γκρέτελ (Gkrétel) [feminine] (Greek), Juliska (Hungarian), Gretel [feminine] (Italian), グレーテル (Gurēteru) (Japanese), 그레텔 (Geuretel) (Korean), Grete [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Małgosia [feminine] (Polish), Гре́тель (Grɛ́tɛlʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Gretel [feminine] (Spanish), Greta (Swedish), Gretel (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Gretel-en-name-Y-XYxTaB Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Brothers Grimm Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Brothers Grimm: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel': 7 93

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