<P> A doppelgänger (/ ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋər / or / - ˌɡæŋər /; German: (ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ) (listen), literally "double - goer") is a look - alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck . Other traditions and stories equate a doppelgänger with an evil twin . In modern times, the term twin stranger is occasionally used . The word "doppelgänger" is often used in a more general and neutral sense, and in slang, to describe any person who physically or behaviorally resembles another person . </P> <P> The word doppelgänger is a loanword from the German Doppelgänger, a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns Doppel (double) and Gänger (walker or goer). The singular and plural forms are the same in German, but English usually prefers the plural "doppelgängers". The first known use, in the slightly different form Doppeltgänger, occurs in the novel Siebenkäs (1796) by Jean Paul, in which he explains his newly coined word by a footnote--while actually the word Doppelgänger also appears, but with a quite different meaning . </P>

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