noun
- A German fairy tale or folk story, typically featuring magical elements and archetypal characters.
Usage: German loanword; Often capitalized when referring to specific traditional tales; Plural: märchen
Examples
- The Brothers Grimm collected many marchen from German folklore.
- Cinderella is a marchen known throughout the world.
- Children enjoyed listening to marchen before bedtime.
- The marchen featured a magical forest and enchanted creatures.
- Many classic marchen contain lessons about good and evil.