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Gretel (other)
Gretel is a German shortening of the given name Margarete. Notable people with this given name include: *A fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale ''Hansel and Gretel'' *Gretel Beer (1921–2010), Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports and newspaper cookery writer *Gretel Bergmann (1914–2017), German Jewish high jumper who was prevented from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics *Gretel Ehrlich (born 1946), American travel writer, poet, and essayist *Gretel Killeen (born 1963), Australian presenter *Gretel Oberhollenzer-Rogger (born 1958), Italian ski mountaineer *Gretel Scarlett (born 1987), Australian actress *Gretel Tippett (born 1993), Australian netball player and former WNBL basketball player See also *Gretl, an open source statistical package {{given name German feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarete
Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Madge, Mae, Mag, Magee, Magdy, Magga, Maggie, Maggy, Maidie, Maisie, Marg, Margaret, Marguerite, Margarita, Margareta, Margarida, Marge, Margery, Marget, Margo, Margot, Marjorie, Marjory, Matge, May, Meg, Megan, Mairead, Mer, Meta, Rita, Molly, Peg and Peggy. People named Margarete * Margarete Weißkirchner (1460–1500), commoner and common-law spouse of Philip I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg * Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1516 or 1517–1580), a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth, Duchess of Münsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt by marriage * Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony (1900–1962), Duchess of Saxony, Princess of Hohenzollern by marriage * Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |