View synonyms for doppelgänger

doppelgänger

or Doppelgänger

[ dop-uhl-gang-er; German daw-puhl-geng-er ]

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noun

a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.

doppelgänger

/ ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋə; ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋər /

noun

legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doppelgänger¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from German: literally, “double-walker,” from doppel double ( def ) + Gänger “walker” (from Gang “motion, way” + -er -er ¹( def ); gang ¹( def ) )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doppelgänger¹

from German Doppelgänger, literally: double-goer

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Example Sentences

To break the curse, Klaus needed to sacrifice a werewolf, a vampire, and a doppelgänger, aka Elena.

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His Twitter doppelgänger goes back and watches clips to keep the right tone in his tweets.

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Meanwhile, the real Angela Merkel was predictably less flippant than her phony Twitter doppelgänger.

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