Proper noun
A female given name from German, diminutive of Margarete.
A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgHansel and Gretel discovered the ginger bread house about 45 minutes after they discovered the mushrooms. George Carlin
We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world. Patti Smith
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics. Sloane Crosley
Gretel (Sophia Lillis) and her younger brother Hansel (Sammy Leakey) left home during a bad period when pestilence and famine ravaged the land. Source: Internet
“I wanted Gretel to be somewhat older than Hansel, so it didn’t feel like two twelve-year-olds — rather a sixteen-year-old and an eight-year-old. Source: Internet
Gretel cries and laments her fate throughout, only taking action to stop the witch in a moment of desperation. Source: Internet