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- German · calque ofSchneewittchen
- English todaySnow White
Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs. Full definition →
Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.