Rapunzel

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English

A cosplay of Rapunzel.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rapunzel, the name of several varieties of lettuce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈpʌnzəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Rapunzel (plural Rapunzels)

  1. A German fairy tale about a girl imprisoned in a tower who lets down her long hair for a rescuer to climb.
  2. The fictional girl who is the protagonist and title character of the fairy tale.
    • 1966, Hal Porter, The Paper Chase, Angus and Robertson, page 90:
      […] as they loll in pairs or trios, looking down from the windows like Rapunzels and carpet-knights, while they eat bruised apricots, tomorrow is always on their lips as honey to come.
    • 2011, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta, Forge, →ISBN, page 172:
      I spot Sleeping Beauty in a thorn forest. Two of them, only they are more like Rapunzels who’ve fallen from their tower.
    • 2020, Lauri Robinson, The Flapper’s Baby Scandal, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      He keeps all three of us locked up like Rapunzels.

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from 16th century Italian raponzolo, dialectal diminutive of Italian rapa (“turnip”), from Latin rāpa, from the neuter plural of rāpum.

Pronunciation

Noun

Rapunzel f (genitive Rapunzel, plural Rapunzeln)

  1. lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Feldsalat
  2. rampion (Campanula rapunculus)
    Synonym: Rapunzel-Glockenblume
  3. spiked rampion (Phyteuma spicatum)
    Synonyms: Ährige Teufelskralle, Weiße Teufelskralle

Declension

Declension of Rapunzel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Rapunzel die Rapunzeln
genitive einer der Rapunzel der Rapunzeln
dative einer der Rapunzel den Rapunzeln
accusative eine die Rapunzel die Rapunzeln

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Descendants

  • → French: raiponce
  • → Polish: roszpunka

Proper noun

Rapunzel f (genitive Rapunzels or Rapunzel)

  1. Rapunzel, the long-haired protagonist of an eponymous fairy tale

Descendants

Further reading

  • “Rapunzel” in Duden online
  • “Rapunzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rapunzel.

Pronunciation

 
 

Proper noun

Rapunzel f

  1. (European folklore) Rapunzel
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