Snow White
See also: snow-white
English
Etymology
Calque of German Schneewittchen, meaning white as snow.
Proper noun
- A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is poisoned by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
- The main character in that story.
- A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Translations
character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)
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character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)
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Further reading
Snow White on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Snow-White and Rose-Red on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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