Märchen

n; -s, -

1. fairy tale (oder story)

2. fig. (tall) story, yarn; erzähl doch keine Märchen! umg. don’t give me that crap!

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das Märchen

fairy tale

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Mär|chen ['mɛːɐçən]

nt -s, -

fairy tale, fairy story; (inf) tall story

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das

1) (a legend or untrue story: fact or fable?) fable

2) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) fairy-story

3) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) fairy-story

4) (a fairy-story: to tell fairy-tales; (also adjective) the fairy-tale appearance of the countryside.) fairy-tale

5) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) story

6) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) tale

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Mär·chen

<-s, ->

[ˈmɛ:ɐ̯çən]

nt

1. (überlieferte Erzählung) fairytale

▪ in \Märchen/im \Märchen in the fairytales

„\Märchen aus Tausendundeiner Nacht“ “Tales from the Arabian Nights”

2. (Lügengeschichte) tall [or BRIT a. fairy] story, fairytale, cock-and-bull story

erzähl [mir] keine \Märchen! don't tell me any fairy stories!

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das; Märchens, Märchen

1) fairy story; fairy tale

2) (ugs.): (Lüge) [tall] story (coll.)

erzähl doch keine Märchen! — don't give me that story! (coll.)

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Märchen n; -s, -

1. fairy tale (oder story)

2. fig (tall) story, yarn;

erzähl doch keine Märchen! umg don’t give me that crap!

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das; Märchens, Märchen

1) fairy story; fairy tale

2) (ugs.): (Lüge) [tall] story (coll.)

erzähl doch keine Märchen! — don't give me that story! (coll.)

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- n.

fairy tale n.

fairy-tale n.