In the 1980s an opera production of "Hansel and Gretel" caused a furor because the part of the Witch was played by a man; nobody seemed to care that the part of Hansel, a trouser role, was played by a woman.
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Gretel
Synonyms for "gretel"
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28 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جْرِيتِل name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
- غْرِيتِل name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Гретел name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Dutch
1 entries- Grietje name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Finnish
1 entries- Kerttu name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
French
3 entries- Magali name (given name)
- Margot name (given name)
- Margot name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
German
2 entries- Gretel name (given name)
- Gretel name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Greek
1 entries- Γκρέτελ name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Hungarian
1 entries- Juliska name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Italian
2 entries- Gretel name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
- Rita name (given name)
Japanese
1 entries- グレーテル name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Korean
1 entries- 그레텔 name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Norwegian
1 entries- Grete name (given name)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Grete name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Polish
3 entries- Gosia name (given name)
- Małgosia name (given name)
- Małgosia name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Portuguese
1 entries- Maria name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Russian
1 entries- Гре́тель name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Spanish
2 entries- Gretel name (given name)
- Gretel name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Swedish
2 entries- Greta name (given name)
- Greta name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Turkish
1 entries- Gretel name (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel)
Sample sentences
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Do you know the story of Hansel and Gretel?
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How do you know Gretel?
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Have you seen Hansel and Gretel?
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