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Gretel

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Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
Language(s)German
Other names
Variant form(s)Margarete

Gretel is a German shortening of the given name Margarete.

Notable people with this given name include:

  • Gretel, 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 Grant-Gomez, a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel
  • 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

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  • Gretl, an open source statistical package