Märchen — fairy story, fairy tale, tale in German
dasnounB1
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛ:ɐ̯çən/
Quick Facts
Gender
das
Plural
Märchen
Level
B1
Frequency
57/100
Source Rank
#3,185
Practice Path
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Example Sentences
Das ist nur ein Märchen.
It's just a fairy tale.
Hast du dieses Märchen allein geschrieben?
Did you write this fairy tale by yourself?
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Corpus Neighbors
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century
NounSame word class#450
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fall, case
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reason, cause, occasion, bottom, ground
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die Art
kind, type, sort, way, nature, species
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