Usage examples of "tale" in English with translation to German

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Did you write this fairy tale by yourself? Hast du dieses Märchen allein geschrieben?
That's an old tale. Das ist eine alte Geschichte.
The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue. Der Autor übersetzte das Märchen in unsere Muttersprache.
His book begins with a tale of country life. Sein Buch beginnt mit einer Geschichte über das Landleben.
The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale. Das kleine Mädchen war ganz vertieft in das Lesen eines Märchens.
If you want, it doesn't have to be a fairy tale. Wenn ihr wollt, ist es kein Märchen.
This fairy tale is easy enough for a seven-year-old child to read. Dieses Märchen ist für ein siebenjähriges Kind leicht zu lesen.
Frogs turn into princes only in fairy tales. Frösche verwandeln sich nur in Märchen in Prinzen.
We took turns telling tales of strange happenings. Wir erzählten uns abwechselnd Geschichten über seltsame Begebenheiten.
When I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me. Als ich noch ein Kind war, las mir meine Mutter oft Märchen vor.
Fairy tales usually start with “once upon a time...” and end with “...and they lived happily ever after”. Märchen fangen gewöhnlich mit dem Satz "es war einmal..." an und enden mit "...und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute".
Fairy tales usually begin with the sentence "Once upon a time" and end with "...and if they didn't die, then they still live today." Märchen fangen gewöhnlich mit dem Satz "es war einmal..." an und enden mit "...und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute".
It tells its own tale Es spricht für sich selbst
What's your favorite fairy tale? Was ist dein Lieblingsmärchen?
She tells her tale of misery to everyone she meets. Sie erzählt jedem, den sie trifft, ihre unglückliche Lebensgeschichte.
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