Save Gender Feminine Usage Dutch, Literature Pronounced Pron. /ˈɣrit.jə/(Dutch) /ˈɣri.t͡ɕə/(Dutch) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsGrietjen (archaic) Meaning & History Diminutive of Griet, as it contains the Dutch diminutive suffix -je.In literature, Grietje is the name used for Gretel in the Dutch translations of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Hänsel und Gretel (1812).
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