"es war einmal" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "once there was"
      },
      "expansion": "“once there was”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "once there was"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “once there was”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “once there was”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "es war einmal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Fairy tale",
          "orig": "de:Fairy tale",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Fiction",
          "orig": "de:Fiction",
          "parents": [
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Narratology",
          "orig": "de:Narratology",
          "parents": [
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Plot devices",
          "orig": "de:Plot devices",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Narratology",
            "Artistic works",
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Art",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "de:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "once upon a time"
      ],
      "id": "en-es_war_einmal-de-phrase-cc~m2v9n",
      "links": [
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used at the beginnings of fairytales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛs ˈvaːɐ̯ aɪ̯nˈmaːl]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-es war einmal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/De-es_war_einmal.ogg/De-es_war_einmal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/De-es_war_einmal.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "es war einmal"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "once there was"
      },
      "expansion": "“once there was”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "once there was"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “once there was”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “once there was”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "es war einmal",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Fairy tale",
        "de:Fiction",
        "de:Narratology",
        "de:Plot devices",
        "de:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "once upon a time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used at the beginnings of fairytales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛs ˈvaːɐ̯ aɪ̯nˈmaːl]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-es war einmal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/De-es_war_einmal.ogg/De-es_war_einmal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/De-es_war_einmal.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "es war einmal"
}