Gretel

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) of (etyl, de) origin, diminutive of Margarete.
  2. Proper noun.  A fictional character in the German fairy tale ''Hansel and Gretel'', originally ''Hänsel und Gretel'' as adapted by Giambattista Basile and more recently the brothers Grimm.

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