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Gretel

Gretel

English

Proper noun

Gretel

A female given name of German origin, diminutive of Margarete.
A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

Translations

given name

French: Margot (fr) f, Magali (fr) f
German: Gretel (de) f
Italian: Rita (it) f

Norwegian: Grete (no) f
Polish: Małgosia (pl) f, Gosia (pl) f
Spanish: Gretel
Swedish: Greta (sv)

character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel

Dutch: Grietje (nl)
Finnish: Kerttu (fi)
German: Gretel (de) f
Hungarian: Juliska (hu)
Italian: Gretel f
Japanese: グレーテル ‎(Gurēteru)

Norwegian: Grete (no) f
Polish: Małgosia (pl) f
Russian: Гре́тель f ‎(Grételʹ)
Spanish: Gretel
Swedish: Greta (sv)
Turkish: Gretel

Anagrams

reglet

German

Proper noun

Gretel

A female given name, a pet form of Margarete.
Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

Spanish

Etymology

From German Gretel

Proper noun

Gretel ?

Gretel
A female given name