Meaning

4 senses
  1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.

    Doppelgänger

    допельга́нгерdopelʹgánger, доппельга́нгерdoppelʹgánger, двойни́кdvojník

    допельга́нгерdopelʹhánher, двійни́кdvijnýk, двійни́цяdvijnýcja

    a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart

  2. An evil twin.

  3. A remarkably similar double.

    Doppelgänger

    двойни́кdvojník, двойни́цаdvojníca

    двійни́кdvijnýk, двійни́цяdvijnýcja

  4. A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He's my doppelganger.

    ruОн мой двойник.

    deEr ist mein Doppelgänger.

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  2. Gabriel said he saw Rima’s doppelganger.

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  3. Gabriel started to talk to Rima’s doppelganger.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ghostly double of a living person:
Русский
By meaning 1
ghostly double of a living person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ghostly double of a living person:

Origin

Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”).

Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”).

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Forms

plural: doppelgangers
Singulardoppelganger
Pluraldoppelgangers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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