 | 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] |  |