doppelgänger

or Doppelgänger

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

noun

1. a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.

doppelgänger

/ ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋə; ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋər /

noun

1. legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person

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 ) )

Word History and Origins

Origin of doppelgänger¹

from German Doppelgänger, literally: double-goer

Example Sentences

Since your doppelgänger was twice as fast as you, that meant they must have moved twice as far in some direction.

From FiveThirtyEight

On the other side of the lamppost, the same distance away, there was a doppelgänger, who was obscured by the lamppost and who moved precisely twice as fast as you at all times.

From FiveThirtyEight

Feeling outmaneuvered, you suspect that your doppelgänger moves precisely twice as fast as you at all times.

From FiveThirtyEight

Still no sign of the speedy doppelgänger, who is assuredly still obscured by the lamppost.

From FiveThirtyEight

You can’t be sure, but you briefly spot a doppelgänger on the other side of the lamppost, the same distance away.

From FiveThirtyEight

So she embarked on a quest to find her Palestinian doppelganger.

From The Daily Beast

He says the character of Matt is, in a way, his doppelganger.

From The Daily Beast

And of course there was her more glamorous doppelganger—Sarah Palin, the “silver-medalist in the 2008 vice-presidential race.”

From The Daily Beast

Bogosian talked to The Daily Beast about his dark Rothian doppelganger.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Westfall began to watch for Louise and to trot after her like a doppelganger.

From Project Gutenberg