"How Six Made Their Way in the World" is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. The Grimms' main version is the one of many collected from storyteller Dorothea Viehmann, localized in Zwehren a version close to it known in Paderborn is also discussed in their notes.

"How Six Men got on in the World" (Hunt, 1884), "How Six Travelled through the World" (Wehnert, 1853) are among other English-translated titles given for this tale. A lesser known translation was given as Fritz and his Friends.

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