"Doppelgänger" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ] Audio: De-Doppelgänger.ogg
Etymology: doppel- + Gänger Etymology templates: {{af|de|doppel-|Gänger}} doppel- + Gänger Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Doppelgänger m (strong, genitive Doppelgängers, plural Doppelgänger, feminine Doppelgängerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Doppelgängers [genitive], Doppelgänger [plural], Doppelgängerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Doppelgänger [nominative, singular], Doppelgänger [definite, nominative, plural], Doppelgängers [genitive, singular], Doppelgänger [definite, genitive, plural], Doppelgänger [dative, singular], Doppelgängern [dative, definite, plural], Doppelgänger [accusative, singular], Doppelgänger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. doppelganger, doppelgänger Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Double, Ebenbild Related terms: Einzelgänger
    Sense id: en-Doppelgänger-de-noun-~hb-4hiy Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with doppel-

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "dobbeltgænger",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: dobbeltgænger (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: dobbeltgænger (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "dubbelganger",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: dubbelganger (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: dubbelganger (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "doppelganger",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: doppelganger",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "doubleganger",
            "clq": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ doubleganger (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: doppelganger, → doubleganger (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ドッペルゲンガー",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "도플갱어",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 도플갱어 (dopeulgaeng'eo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 도플갱어 (dopeulgaeng'eo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "doppelganger",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: doppelganger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: doppelganger"
    }
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      "name": "af"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "doppel- + Gänger",
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      "form": "Doppelgängers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "f": "in"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Last Saturday? Me? You saw me in the Scala? You must have been mistaken. It must have been a doppelganger. No way!",
          "ref": "1928, Kurt Tucholsky, Herr Wendriner betrügt seine Frau",
          "text": "Vorigen Sonnabend? Ich? Mich haben Sie in der Scala gesehn? Da müssen Sie sich getäuscht haben. Das muß ein Doppelgänger gewesen sein! Ausgeschlossen.",
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        }
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          "doppelganger",
          "doppelganger"
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        [
          "doppelgänger",
          "doppelgänger"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "Einzelgänger"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Double"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ebenbild"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ]"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/De-Doppelg%C3%A4nger.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Doppelgänger"
}
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: dobbeltgænger (calque)",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Danish: dobbeltgænger (calque)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "clq": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: dubbelganger (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "doppelganger",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: doppelganger",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "doubleganger",
            "clq": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ doubleganger (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: doppelganger, → doubleganger (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ドッペルゲンガー",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "도플갱어",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 도플갱어 (dopeulgaeng'eo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 도플갱어 (dopeulgaeng'eo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "doppelganger",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: doppelganger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: doppelganger"
    }
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    }
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      "form": "Doppelgängers",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängerin",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgängern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doppelgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Doppelgänger m (strong, genitive Doppelgängers, plural Doppelgänger, feminine Doppelgängerin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Einzelgänger"
    }
  ],
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        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms prefixed with doppel-",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Last Saturday? Me? You saw me in the Scala? You must have been mistaken. It must have been a doppelganger. No way!",
          "ref": "1928, Kurt Tucholsky, Herr Wendriner betrügt seine Frau",
          "text": "Vorigen Sonnabend? Ich? Mich haben Sie in der Scala gesehn? Da müssen Sie sich getäuscht haben. Das muß ein Doppelgänger gewesen sein! Ausgeschlossen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "doppelganger, doppelgänger"
      ],
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        [
          "doppelganger",
          "doppelganger"
        ],
        [
          "doppelgänger",
          "doppelgänger"
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          "word": "Double"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ebenbild"
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Doppelgänger.ogg",
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}

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