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Rumpelstilzchen

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German

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Etymology

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Believed to derive from an old children's game called Rumpele stilt oder der Poppart, which was mentioned in Johann Fischart's Geschichtklitterung, or Gargantua of 1577, a loose adaptation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːlt͡sçn̩/, /ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːlt͡sçən/

Proper noun

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Rumpelstilzchen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Rumpelstilzchens)

  1. Rumpelstiltskin

Declension

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