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Gretchen

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈɡɹɛt͡ʃən//

A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.

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  2. 2

    Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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