Dictionary English German: [tale]

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English German
uplifting {adj} [story, tale]
109
erbaulich [veraltend]
Verbs
to weave sth. [fig.] [contrive (a tale)]
470
etw. erfinden [eine Geschichte]
Nouns
story [tale]
2290
Geschichte {f} [Erzählung]
relation [narration, tale]
8
Erzählung {f}
2 Words
to hear sth. out [e.g. a tale, an explanation]etw.Akk. zu Ende hören [z. B. eine Geschichte, eine Erklärung]
lit. fairy tale [magic tale]Zaubermärchen {n}
ethn. lit. fairytale motif [also: fairy tale motif]Märchenmotiv {n}
lit. ripping yarn [thrilling tale]mitreißende Geschichte {f}
tech. telltale hole [also: tell-tale hole] [for leak detection]Kontrollbohrung {f} [Leckageüberwachung]
lit. quote watery star [Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale]Mond {m}
3 Words
hist. (the) Swan King [coll.] [King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the Fairy Tale King](der) Märchenkönig {m} [ugs.] [Ludwig II. von Bayern]
4 Words
Once upon a time ... [idiom] [opening of a fairy tale]Es war einmal ... [Märchenanfang]
5+ Words
lit. quote It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. [Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities]Es war die beste aller Zeiten, es war die schlechteste aller Zeiten. [Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten]
Fiction (Literature and Film)
lit. F Bluebeard [fairy tale]König Blaubart
lit. F Harlequin [Bernard Cornwell] [new edition: The Archer's Tale: Book One of the Grail Quest]Der Bogenschütze
lit. F Snow Drop [only in the first translation of the Grimm fairy tale]Schneewittchen [Brüder Grimm]
hist. lit. F Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor [ancient Egyptian tale]Geschichte des Schiffbrüchigen
lit. F The Nazi and the Barber [earlier titles: The Nazi and the Barber, a Tale of Vengeance / The Nazi Who Lived As a Jew]Der Nazi & der Friseur [Edgar Hilsenrath]
lit. F The Story of the Three Bears [a British 19th-century fairy tale of which three versions exist]Goldlöckchen und die drei Bären
lit. F Nose, the Dwarf [fairy-tale, trans. John Oxenford and C.A. Feiling]Der Zwerg Nase [Märchen von Wilhelm Hauff]
hist. lit. F Primary Chronicle [also: Tale of Bygone Years]Nestorchronik {f}
lit. F Puss in Boots [fairy tale]Der gestiefelte Kater {m} [Märchen]
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