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tale [teɪl] N

1. tale LIT:

tale (story)
Geschichte f <-, -n>
tale (story)
Erzählung f <-, -en>
tale (true story)
Bericht m <-(e)s, -e>
fairy tale
Märchen nt <-s, ->
tale of woe
Leidensgeschichte f <-, -n>
to tell a tale [about [or of] sth]
etw [über etw acc [o. von etw dat]] erzählen

2. tale:

tale (lie)
Märchen nt <-s, ->
tale (lie)
Lügengeschichte f <-, -n>
tale (gossip)
Geschichte[n] f[pl]
tall tales
Lügenmärchen <-s, -> pl
tall tales
Lügengeschichten pl
to tell tales (tell on sb)
petzen pej
to tell tales (tell on sb)
CH a. rätschen inf
to tell tales dated (tell lies)
Märchen erzählen

Phrases:

dead men tell no tales
Tote reden nicht
to live to tell the tale also hum inf
überleben a. hum
to tell its own tale
für sich acc sprechen
to tell tales out of school saying inf
aus der Schule plaudern inf
to tell tales out of school saying inf
Interna ausplaudern
OpenDict entry

tale N

tale of woe pej
Jammergeschichte f inf pej

ˈfairy-tale ADJ inv (from a fairy story)

fairy-tale
Märchen-
fairy-tale character
Märchenfigur f <-, -en>
fairy-tale element/motif
märchenhaftes Element/Motiv
fairy-tale element/motif approv (special, magical)
Märchen-
fairy-tale element/motif approv (special, magical)
Traum-
fairy-tale atmosphere
magische Atmosphäre
to create a fairy-tale effect
einen magischen Effekt auslösen
a fairy-tale wedding
eine Märchenhochzeit
a fairy-tale romance
eine Bilderbuchromanze

ˈfolk tale N

folk tale
Volkssage f

tat·tle-tale [Am ˈtæt̬l̩teɪl] N Am pej

1. tattle-tale (tell-tale):

tattle-tale
Klatschmaul nt <-(e)s, -mäuler> inf
you are such a tattle-tale
du bist vielleicht eine Tratsche

2. tattle-tale:

tattle-tale (informer)
Zuträger(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>
tattle-tale (informer)
Denunziant(in) m (f) <-en, -en>
tattle-tale (among children)
Petze f <-, -n> inf

ˈfairy tale N

1. fairy tale (story for children):

fairy tale
Märchen nt <-s, ->
book of fairy tales
Märchenbuch nt <-(e)s, -bücher>

2. fairy tale also fig (lie, deception):

fairy tale
Märchen nt <-s, ->
to tell fairy tales
Märchen erzählen euph

tall ˈtale N

tall tale
haarsträubende [o. unglaubliche] [o. abenteuerliche] Geschichte nt
tall tale
Märchen nt <-s, ->

old ˈwives' tale N

old wives' tale
Ammenmärchen nt <-s, ->
OpenDict entry

fairy tale N

fairy tale fig
Mär f
fairy tale fig
Ammenmärchen nt