Doppelganger

//ˈdɑp(ə)lˌɡɛŋəɹ//

Synonyms for "doppelganger" (42 found)

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6 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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has context

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is a

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related to

8 entries

Translations

92 translations across 35 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • شَبِيه noun (remarkably similar double)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • двайні́к noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двайні́к noun (remarkably similar double)
  • двайні́ца noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двайні́ца noun (remarkably similar double)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дво́йник noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • дво́йник noun (remarkably similar double)
  • дво́йница noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • дво́йница noun (remarkably similar double)

Catalan

2 entries
  • alter ego noun (evil twin)
  • sòsia noun (remarkably similar double)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 僞人 /伪人 noun (monster that takes the forms of people)
  • 分身 noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • 翻版 noun (remarkably similar double)
  • 邪惡分身 /邪恶分身 noun (evil twin)

Czech

2 entries
  • dvojnice noun (remarkably similar double)
  • dvojník noun (remarkably similar double)

Danish

2 entries
  • dobbeltgænger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • dobbeltgænger noun (remarkably similar double)

Dutch

4 entries
  • alter ego noun (evil twin)
  • dubbelganger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • dubbelganger noun (evil twin)
  • dubbelganger noun (remarkably similar double)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sozio noun (remarkably similar double)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kaksoisolento noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • kaksoisolento noun (evil twin)
  • kaksoisolento noun (remarkably similar double)

French

3 entries
  • alter ego noun (evil twin)
  • jumeau maléfique noun (evil twin)
  • sosie noun (remarkably similar double)

German

2 entries
  • Doppelgänger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • Doppelgänger noun (remarkably similar double)

Greek

1 entries
  • σωσίας noun (remarkably similar double)

Hindi

2 entries
  • हमशक्ल noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • हमशक्ल noun (remarkably similar double)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • tvífari noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Irish

1 entries
  • taise noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Italian

4 entries
  • alter ego noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • alter ego noun (evil twin)
  • doppelgänger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • doppione noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ドッペルゲンガー noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Korean

1 entries
  • 도플갱어 noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • двојник noun (remarkably similar double)
  • двојничка noun (remarkably similar double)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dobbeltgjenger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • dobbeltgjenger noun (remarkably similar double)

Persian

3 entries
  • همزاد noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • همشکل noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • همشکل noun (remarkably similar double)

Polish

2 entries
  • sobowtór noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • sobowtór noun (remarkably similar double)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • Doppelgänger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • doppelganger noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • outro eu noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • sósia noun (remarkably similar double)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਹਮਸ਼ਕਲ noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • ਹਮਸ਼ਕਲ noun (remarkably similar double)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sosie noun (remarkably similar double)

Russian

4 entries
  • двойни́к noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двойни́к noun (remarkably similar double)
  • двойни́ца noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двойни́ца noun (remarkably similar double)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • co-choisiche noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • samhla noun (ghostly double of a living person)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dvȏjnica noun (remarkably similar double)
  • dvȏjnīk noun (remarkably similar double)
  • дво̑јница noun (remarkably similar double)
  • дво̑јнӣк noun (remarkably similar double)

Slovak

2 entries
  • dvojník noun (remarkably similar double)
  • dvojníčka noun (remarkably similar double)

Slovene

2 entries
  • dvojnica noun (remarkably similar double)
  • dvojnik noun (remarkably similar double)

Spanish

4 entries
  • doppelganger (dópelguena) noun (monster that takes the forms of people)
  • otro yo noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • sosia noun (remarkably similar double)
  • sosias noun (remarkably similar double)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dubbelgångare noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • dubbelgångare noun (remarkably similar double)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • двійни́к noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двійни́к noun (remarkably similar double)
  • двійни́ця noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • двійни́ця noun (remarkably similar double)

Urdu

2 entries
  • ہمشکل noun (ghostly double of a living person)
  • ہمشکل noun (remarkably similar double)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's my doppelganger.

Source: tatoeba (2637176)

Some people base reality in their local sphere. Maybe, most people do not travel enough, I mention to Bratislav. A bit aghast becomes Bratislav, of Croatian ancestry. I tell him about the Daoist notion that one's own garden or local neighbourhood may be a microcosm that reflects macrocosmic reality. All the learning from all the travelling one can do may lie right here locally. A snail on the sidewalk may have a "doppelganger" (Bratislav's conceptual word) in the macrocosm.

Source: tatoeba (10698304)

Gabriel said he saw Rima’s doppelganger.

Source: tatoeba (11757795)

Gabriel started to talk to Rima’s doppelganger.

Source: tatoeba (11757798)

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