Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hansel and gretel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: hansel and -gre-tel
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Questions

What does hansel and gretel mean?: 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.

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