Märchen
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See also: marchen
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of the noun Mär(e) f with -chen, compare Old High German māri (“news, tale”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Märchen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɛːɐ̯çn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːɐ̯çn̩/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Mär‧chen
Noun
[edit]Märchen n (strong, genitive Märchens, plural Märchen)
- fairy tale (folk tale)
- (informal) fairy tale (unbelievable story)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Märchen [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]- Zweibrüdermärchen ("Tale of Two Brothers") (Egyptian fairy tale)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Märchen (Erzählung, Geschichte, Lüge)” in Duden online
- “Märchen (Vertiefung, Senke, Krater)” in Duden online
- “Märchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Märchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Märchen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with German Märchen. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Märchen n (plural Märercher)
- fairy tale (folktale)
- fairy tale (unrealistic story)
Further reading
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- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German informal terms
- de:Fairy tale
- German diminutiva tantum
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish neuter nouns
- lb:Fairy tale