Grietje is a
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
feminine given name. It is a
short form and diminutive of
Margaretha Margaretha is the standard Dutch form of the feminine given name Margaret as well as a common form of it in Sweden. In daily life, many use a short form, like ''Gré'', '' Greet'', ''Greta'', '' Grietje'', '' Marga'', ''Margo'', ''Margot'', ''Margre ...
. It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1900.
Grietje
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW).
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database of given names in the Netherlands The fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; german: Hänsel und Gretel ) is a German fairy tale collected by the German Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). It is also known as Little Step Brother and Little Step Sister.
Hansel ...
is called ''Hans en Grietje'' in Dutch. People with the name include:
* Grietje "Gré" de Jongh (1924–2002), Dutch sprinter
* Grietje Terburg Rowley (1927–2015), American Latter-day Saint hymn writer
* Grietje "Gretha" Smit (born 1976), Dutch speed skater
* Grietje Staffelt (born 1975), German politician
* Griet Van Vaerenbergh (born 1982), Belgian volleyball player
* Grietje Vanderheijden (born 1978), Belgian actress
* Grietje Zelle (1876–1917), Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan better known as Mata Hari
See also
* 2049 Grietje, an asteroid in the asteroid belt named after Grietje Haring-Gehrels
References
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Dutch feminine given names