Hansel and Gretel

English

Proper noun

Hansel and Gretel

1. A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.

Translations

the fairy tale

• Armenian: Հենզելն ու Գրետելը (Henzeln u Gretelə)
• Bulgarian: Хензел и Гретел (Henzel i Gretel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖果屋 (tángguǒ wū, literally “candy house”), 漢澤爾與格萊特 / 汉泽尔与格莱特 (Hànzé'ěr yǔ Géláitè)

• Dutch: Hans en Grietje
• Finnish: Hannu ja Kerttu
• French: Hansel et Gretel, Jeannot et Margot
• German: Hänsel und Gretel
• Greek: Χάνσελ και Γκρέτελ (Chánsel kai Gkrétel)

  Ancient Greek: Ἅνσελ καὶ Γρέτελ (Hánsel kaì Grétel)

• Hungarian: Jancsi és Juliska
• Italian: Hänsel e Gretel
• Japanese: ヘンセルとグレーテル (Henseru to Gurēteru), ヘンゼルとグレーテル (Henzeru to Gurēteru)
• Korean: 헨젤과 그레텔 (henjelgwa geuretel)
• Latin: Iōhannēs et Margarīta
• Macedonian: Ивица и Марица (Ivica i Marica)
• Marathi: हॅन्सेल व ग्रेटेल f (hĕnsel va greṭel)
• Polish: Jaś i Małgosia pl
• Portuguese: João e Maria
• Romanian: Hänsel și Gretel
• Russian: Ге́нзель и Гре́тель (Génzɛlʹ i Grɛ́tɛlʹ)
• Swedish: Hans och Greta