soulmate

German translation: Seelenverwandter / Seelenfreund(in)

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English term or phrase:soulmate
German translation:Seelenverwandter / Seelenfreund(in)
Entered by: Kerstin Schuhmann

23:12 Jan 15, 2002
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: soulmate
can you please translate this wrod from english to german for me.
Amanda Alphin
Seelenverwandter
Explanation:
someone you feel extremely close to - someone you were destined to meet -as if you had met in a prior life (as if your souls knew each other from a former life)
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Kerstin Schuhmann
United States
Local time: 17:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Seelenverwandter
Kerstin Schuhmann
4Seelenfreund(in)
Kim Metzger
4Busenfreund(in)
swisstell


  

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Seelenverwandter


Explanation:
someone you feel extremely close to - someone you were destined to meet -as if you had met in a prior life (as if your souls knew each other from a former life)

Kerstin Schuhmann
United States
Local time: 17:59
PRO pts in pair: 8

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agree  mfennis
5 mins

agree  Ursula Peter-Czichi
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agree  Michaela Müller
38 mins
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Seelenfreund(in)


Explanation:
Just another possibility. You would say Seelenfreund if the person is a boy/man and Seelenfreundin if she is a girl/woman.


    Harper Collins Unabridged German Dictionary
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2690
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Busenfreund(in)


Explanation:
etwas "volkstuemlich" aber als Alternative offeriert.

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 1813
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