Gretchen

E98327

feminine given name given name

Gretchen is a feminine given name, traditionally used in German-speaking regions and often recognized as a diminutive form of Margaret.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gretchen canonical	10
Gretchen from Goethe's Faust	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ
appearsInWork	Faust, Part One ⓘ surface form: Faust
associatedCulture	German culture ⓘ
createdByAuthor	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
diminutiveOf	Margaret ⓘ
diminutiveType	hypocoristic ⓘ
etymologicalRoot	Margarete ⓘ Margarita ⓘ
gender	feminine ⓘ
grammaticalGenderInGerman	feminine ⓘ
hasDiminutiveSuffix	-chen ⓘ
hasFamousBearer	Gretchen Carlson ⓘ Gretchen Wilson ⓘ
hasFictionalBearer	Gretchen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gretchen from Goethe's Faust
hasNameDayInCountry	Germany ⓘ
hasVariantForm	Greta ⓘ Grete ⓘ surface form: Gretel
languageOfOrigin	German ⓘ
meaningOriginLanguage	pearl ⓘ
nameCategory	German feminine given names ⓘ feminine hypocorisms ⓘ
nameType	personal name ⓘ
originPeriod	Early Modern German ⓘ
popularityRegion	Germany ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
semanticField	names meaning pearl ⓘ
shortFormOf	Margarete ⓘ
usedInLanguage	English ⓘ German ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret → hasVariant → Gretchen ⓘ

Loretta Young → givenName → Gretchen ⓘ

Gretchen → hasFictionalBearer → Gretchen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gretchen from Goethe's Faust

The Star (1952 film) → featuresCharacter → Gretchen ⓘ

Greta → hasVariant → Gretchen ⓘ

Greta → hasDiminutiveForm → Gretchen ⓘ

Faust, Part One → mainCharacter → Gretchen ⓘ

Scenes from Goethe’s Faust → includesCharacter → Gretchen ⓘ

Gretchen Young → hasGivenName → Gretchen ⓘ

Gretchen Carlson → givenName → Gretchen ⓘ

Gretchen Hartman → givenName → Gretchen ⓘ