Hansel and Gretel

English Proper noun 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. Translations the fairy tale Armenian: hy Հենզելն ու Գրետելը Bulgarian: bg Хензел и Гретел Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 糖果屋 tángguǒ wū candy house, cmn 漢澤爾與格萊特 Hànzé'ěr yǔ Géláitè Czech: cs Jeníček a Mařenka Dutch: nl Hans en Grietje Finnish: fi Hannu ja Kerttu French: fr Hansel et Gretel, fr Jeannot et Margot German: de Hänsel und Gretel Greek: el Χάνσελ και Γκρέτελ Ancient Greek: grc Ἅνσελ καὶ Γρέτελ Hungarian: hu Jancsi és Juliska Italian: it Hänsel e Gretel Japanese: ja ヘンセルとグレーテル Henseru to Gurēteru, ja ヘンゼルとグレーテル Henzeru to Gurēteru Korean: ko 헨젤과 그레텔 Latin: la Iōhannēs et Margarīta Macedonian: mk Ивица и Марица Marathi: mr हॅन्सेल व ग्रेटेल f Polish: pl Jaś i Małgosia p Portuguese: pt João e Maria Romanian: ro Hänsel și Gretel Russian: ru Ге́нзель и Гре́тель Génzɛlʹ i Grɛ́tɛlʹ Swedish: sv Hans och Greta en Artistic works Brothers Grimm Fairy tale characters Fairy tales Fictional characters