gengångare — meaning in English

English meaning

• ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
• revenant noun A spirit or reanimated corpse said to return from the dead, as in folklore or horror fiction.
• undead adjective Neither fully alive nor truly dead — animated despite being a corpse, as in folklore and fiction.

Senses

gengångare is used for these senses in English:

• ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
• revenant A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
• undead (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.

ghost — full definition

1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

revenant — full definition

1. noun A spirit or reanimated corpse said to return from the dead, as in folklore or horror fiction.
2. noun Someone who reappears after a long absence.

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