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Grete
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grete
Danish
Alternative forms
da Grethe
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female shortened from da Margrete, da Margrethe
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 10 098 females with the given name Grete (compared to 37 237 named Grethe) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Margaret,Greta
Related terms
et Greete, et Reet
German
Pronunciation
de De-Grete.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de eːtə 2
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Margarete
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female derived from no Margrete, variant spelling of no Grethe
Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
References
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 448 females with the given name Grete (compared to 9940 named Grethe) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
no Fairy tales