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Definition of sandmännchen , sandmann in German English dictionary
- sandman
- A figure who brings good sleep and dreams by placing sand in the eyes
- an imaginary man who is supposed to make children go to sleep
- a figure who brings good sleep and dreams
- A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them
- also used as a symbol of the passage of time to death
- {i} fairy-tale character who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
- an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy