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Soul Mates

05:02 Jan 15, 2002
English to Yiddish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: Soul Mates
Used to describe two people who are meant for each other.
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4bashert
Rachel Gruenberger-Elbaz


  

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bashert


Explanation:
The Yiddish term for somebody destined for somebody else is "bashert" meaning something like a heavenly present.
The origin is the German word "Bescherung" (as the dictionary puts it: "distribution of presents")

Rachel Gruenberger-Elbaz
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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