doppelganger

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• UK: /ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡɛŋə/
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• US: /ˈdɑp(ə)lˌɡɛŋəɹ/
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Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”).

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: двайні́к (dvajník) — ghostly double of a living person
• Belarusian: двайні́ца (dvajníca) — ghostly double of a living person
• Bulgarian: дво́йник (dvójnik) — ghostly double of a living person
• Bulgarian: дво́йничка (dvójnička) — ghostly double of a living person
• Bulgarian: дво́йница (dvójnica) — ghostly double of a living person
• Chinese Mandarin: 分身 (fēnshēn) — ghostly double of a living person
• Danish: dobbeltgænger — ghostly double of a living person
• Dutch: dubbelganger — ghostly double of a living person
• Finnish: kaksoisolento — ghostly double of a living person
• German: Doppelgänger — ghostly double of a living person
• Hindi: हमशक्ल (hamśakla) — ghostly double of a living person
• Icelandic: tvífari — ghostly double of a living person
• Irish: taise — ghostly double of a living person
• Italian: doppelgänger — ghostly double of a living person
• Italian: doppione — ghostly double of a living person
• Italian: alter ego — ghostly double of a living person
• Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー (dopperugengā) — ghostly double of a living person
• Korean: 도플갱어 (dopeulgaeng'eo) — ghostly double of a living person
• Norwegian Bokmål: dobbeltgjenger — ghostly double of a living person
• Persian: همزاد (hamzâd) — ghostly double of a living person
• Persian: همشکل (hamšakl) — ghostly double of a living person
• Polish: sobowtór — ghostly double of a living person
• Portuguese: doppelganger — ghostly double of a living person
• Portuguese: Doppelgänger — ghostly double of a living person
• Portuguese: outro eu — ghostly double of a living person
• Punjabi: ਹਮਸ਼ਕਲ (hamśakal) — ghostly double of a living person
• Russian: допельга́нгер (dopelʹgánger) — ghostly double of a living person
• Russian: доппельга́нгер (doppelʹgánger) — ghostly double of a living person
• Russian: двойни́к (dvojník) — ghostly double of a living person
• Russian: двойни́ца (dvojníca) — ghostly double of a living person
• Scottish Gaelic: co-choisiche — ghostly double of a living person
• Scottish Gaelic: samhla — ghostly double of a living person
• Spanish: otro yo — ghostly double of a living person
• Swedish: dubbelgångare — ghostly double of a living person
• Ukrainian: допельга́нгер (dopelʹhánher) — ghostly double of a living person
• Ukrainian: двійни́к (dvijnýk) — ghostly double of a living person
• Ukrainian: двійни́ця (dvijnýcja) — ghostly double of a living person
• Urdu: ہمشکل (hamśakl) — ghostly double of a living person
• Catalan: alter ego — evil twin
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪惡分身 /邪恶分身 (xié'è fēnshēn) — evil twin
• Dutch: dubbelganger — evil twin
• Dutch: alter ego — evil twin
• Finnish: kaksoisolento — evil twin
• French: jumeau maléfique — evil twin
• French: alter ego — evil twin
• Italian: gemello malvagio — evil twin
• Italian: alter ego — evil twin
• Arabic: شَبِيه (šabīh) — remarkably similar double
• Belarusian: двайні́к (dvajník) — remarkably similar double
• Belarusian: двайні́ца (dvajníca) — remarkably similar double
• Bulgarian: дво́йник (dvójnik) — remarkably similar double
• Bulgarian: дво́йничка (dvójnička) — remarkably similar double
• Bulgarian: дво́йница (dvójnica) — remarkably similar double
• Catalan: sòsia — remarkably similar double
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻版 (fānbǎn) — remarkably similar double
• Czech: dvojník — remarkably similar double
• Czech: dvojnice — remarkably similar double
• Danish: dobbeltgænger — remarkably similar double
• Dutch: dubbelganger — remarkably similar double
• Esperanto: sozio — remarkably similar double
• Finnish: kaksoisolento — remarkably similar double
• French: sosie — remarkably similar double
• German: Doppelgänger — remarkably similar double
• Greek: σωσίας (sosías) — remarkably similar double
• Hindi: हमशक्ल (hamśakla) — remarkably similar double
• Hungarian: hasonmás — remarkably similar double
• Icelandic: tvífari — remarkably similar double
• Italian: sosia — remarkably similar double
• Macedonian: двојник (dvojnik) — remarkably similar double
• Macedonian: двојничка (dvojnička) — remarkably similar double
• Norwegian Bokmål: dobbeltgjenger — remarkably similar double
• Persian: همشکل (hamšakl) — remarkably similar double
• Polish: sobowtór — remarkably similar double
• Portuguese: sósia — remarkably similar double
• Punjabi: ਹਮਸ਼ਕਲ (hamśakal) — remarkably similar double
• Romanian: sosie — remarkably similar double
• Russian: двойни́к (dvojník) — remarkably similar double
• Russian: двойни́ца (dvojníca) — remarkably similar double
• Serbo-Croatian: дво̑јнӣк — remarkably similar double
• Serbo-Croatian: дво̑јница — remarkably similar double
• Serbo-Croatian: dvȏjnīk — remarkably similar double
• Serbo-Croatian: dvȏjnica — remarkably similar double
• Slovak: dvojník — remarkably similar double
• Slovak: dvojníčka — remarkably similar double
• Slovene: dvojnik — remarkably similar double
• Slovene: dvojnica — remarkably similar double
• Spanish: sosias — remarkably similar double
• Spanish: sosia — remarkably similar double
• Swedish: dubbelgångare — remarkably similar double
• Ukrainian: двійни́к (dvijnýk) — remarkably similar double
• Ukrainian: двійни́ця (dvijnýcja) — remarkably similar double
• Urdu: ہمشکل (hamśakl) — remarkably similar double
• Chinese Mandarin: 僞人 /伪人 (wěirén) — monster that takes the forms of people
• Spanish: doppelganger (dópelguena) — monster that takes the forms of people