"Gretel" meaning in English

See Gretel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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)
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  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), Гретел (Gretel) (Bulgarian), 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), Maria [feminine] (Portuguese), Гре́тель (Grɛ́tɛlʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Gretel [feminine] (Spanish), Greta (Swedish), Gretel (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Gretel-en-name-Y-XYxTaB Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel': 6 94
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      "word": "Małgosia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Maria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Grɛ́tɛlʹ",
      "sense": "character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Гре́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gretel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel",
      "word": "Greta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel",
      "word": "Gretel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gretel"
}

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