Rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
  1. A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
  2. The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
Synonyms
  • English: Tom Tit Tot (from English Fairy Tales, collected & edited by Joseph Jacobs, 1884)
Translations
  • French: Grigrigredinmenufretin
  • German: Rumpelstilzchen
  • Portuguese: Rumpelstiltskin, Rumpelstilzchen, Rumpelstichen
  • Russian: Румпельшти́льцхен
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