Doppelgänger: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Doppelgänger noun. Someone who looks uncannily like another person but isn't related to them.
How to say it
DOP-ul-gang-uh/ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡaŋə/
4 syllables, stressed on the first (DOP).
Doppelgänger in a sentence
My doppelgänger apparently works at a bakery in Leeds; three people have told me.
In the film, the hero is stalked by his own sinister doppelgänger.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- double
- lookalike
- twin
- ringer
Where doppelgänger comes from
German for double-goer, originally a ghostly double of a living person.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
In the film, the hero is stalked by his own sinister _____.
- doppelgänger
- aficionado
- leitmotif
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doppelgänger: In the film, the hero is stalked by his own sinister doppelgänger.