Translation of "cautionary tale" to German

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Dictionary translations for "cautionary tale"

cautionary tale noun

pl. cautionary tales

die Geschichte mit einer Moral f (lit)

Contexts with "cautionary tale"

The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue. Der Autor übersetzte das Märchen in unsere Muttersprache.

That's an old tale. Das ist eine alte Geschichte.

If you want, it doesn't have to be a fairy tale. Wenn ihr wollt, ist es kein Märchen.

What's your favorite fairy tale? Was ist dein Lieblingsmärchen?

The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale. Das kleine Mädchen war ganz vertieft in das Lesen eines Märchens.

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