Doppelgänger

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German

Etymology

doppel- +‎ Gänger

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Noun

Doppelgänger m (strong, genitive Doppelgängers, plural Doppelgänger, feminine Doppelgängerin)

  1. doppelganger, doppelgänger
    Synonyms: Double, Ebenbild
    • 1928, Kurt Tucholsky, Herr Wendriner betrügt seine Frau:
      Vorigen Sonnabend? Ich? Mich haben Sie in der Scala gesehn? Da müssen Sie sich getäuscht haben. Das muß ein Doppelgänger gewesen sein! Ausgeschlossen.
      Last Saturday? Me? You saw me in the Scala? You must have been mistaken. It must have been a doppelganger. No way!

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Noun

Doppelgänger m (plural Doppelgängers)

  1. Alternative form of doppelganger