Definitions for gretchen
gretchen

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1. Gretchennoun

   of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.

2. Gretchennoun

   Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.

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1. Gretchen

   Gretchen (German: [ˈɡʁeːtçən] (listen), English: GRETCH-ən; literal translation: "Little Grete" or "Little Greta") is a female given name of German origin that is mainly prevalent in the United States. Its popularity increased because a major character in Goethe's Faust (1808) has this name. In German, the Gretchenfrage ("question by Gretchen"), derived from Faust, is an idiom for a direct question that aims at the core of a problem and that should reveal the intentions and mindset of the questioned. The question is usually inconvenient to the questioned since he or she shall confess to something crucial he or she was intentionally or unintentionally vague about before. In German-speaking countries, Gretchen is not a common stand-alone given name but rather a colloquial diminutive form of Grete (Greta), which itself is a short form of Margarete. It fell out of use when the popularity of the latter two names declined in the 20th century.

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1. Gretchen

   Maria Odete Brito de Miranda, known as Gretchen is a Brazilian singer. She became notorious as the Rainha do Bumbum in the late 1970s. Her stage name was taken from 1976 film Aleluia, Gretchen that tells the story of a German Brazilian immigrant family.

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1. Gretchen

   the German diminutive for Margaret, and the name of the guileless girl seduced by Faust in Goethe's tragedy of the name.

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   Song lyrics by gretchen -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by gretchen on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. GRETCHEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gretchen is ranked #116829 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gretchen surname appeared 149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gretchen.
   
   87.2% or 130 total occurrences were White.
   4% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

How to pronounce gretchen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gretchen in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gretchen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gretchen in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   You know, Gretchen Whitmer knew about it months in advance. But you know what, if we can get good PR from it, we can pretend like it's real.

2. Michael Markey:

   Tudor has shown as a businesswoman in Michigan’s steel industry that she is an innovator and a disruptor, and exactly who we need to defeat Wrecken Gretchen, as we saw just yesterday, Wrecken Gretchen repealed $20 million dollars of funding to crisis pregnancy centers and adoption services, we need someone in office who stands for life and for Michigander families; Tudor, a mom of four, is that candidate. Dixon will be a fearless fighter for life, restoring business in Michigan, and getting our economy back on track. We will be doing all we can to get her into the Governor’s office, including spending well into the six digits to support her campaign.

3. Gretchen Berquist:

   Gretchen Berquist was rock-solid. It was pretty beautiful.

4. Donald Trump:

   Show of hands -- how many feds in the crowd ? I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some sort of, you know, federal kidnapping plot, you know, Gretchen Whitmer knew about it months in advance. But you know what, if we can get good PR from it, we can pretend like it's real.

5. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Weve entered into a number of contracts and as we are getting closer to the date when shipments are supposed to come in, theyre getting canceled or theyre getting delayed, weve been told theyre going first to the federal government. Earlier in the week, Gretchen Whitmer complained that Michigan wasnt receiving clear directives and guidance from the federal government on how to handle the crisis. The coronavirus outbreak has sparked tension between President Trump. Frankly, a patchwork strategy of each state doing what President Trump can, were going to do it if we need to, but it would be nice to have a national strategy.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gretchen
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gretchen
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Gretchen
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html