shaman

German translation: Schamane

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English term or phrase:shaman
German translation:Schamane
Entered by: Andrea McNamara (X)

06:58 Feb 15, 2001
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: shaman
She is a woman running people's lives with her prophecies and oracles. She is not a medicine woman or witch doctor. I thought I heard 'Scharman' somewhere before, but it is not in my dictionary. Has anyone got a good word for this?
andrea
Schamane, ggfs. die Schamanin
Explanation:
da gibt es sogar einen Drei-Groschen-Roman mit diesem Titel. Der Duden führt die weibliche Form nicht auf, sie wird jedoch auch verwendet.


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Thank you very much, your answer was very helpful.
Greetings from Australia,
Andrea
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naSchamane, ggfs. die Schamanin
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nader Schamane; ggfs. die Schamanin
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20 mins
Schamane, ggfs. die Schamanin


Explanation:
da gibt es sogar einen Drei-Groschen-Roman mit diesem Titel. Der Duden führt die weibliche Form nicht auf, sie wird jedoch auch verwendet.


Viel Glück!


LegalTrans D
Türkiye
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 2342
Grading comment
Thank you very much, your answer was very helpful.
Greetings from Australia,
Andrea
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31 mins
der Schamane; ggfs. die Schamanin


Explanation:
Es gibt da sogar einen Zehn-Pfennig-Roman mit dem Titel "Die Schamanin". Der Duden führt zwar die weibliche Form nicht auf, sie ist aber offenbar gebräuchlich.

Viel Glück!

LegalTrans D
Türkiye
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 2342
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