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Gespenst {n}; Geist {m} ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "Geist"){kind=small} |
ghost; spook [coll.] |
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| Gespenster {pl}; Geister {pl} | ghosts; spooks | |
| Hausgespenst {n} | domestic ghost | |
| Poltergeist {m} | noisy ghost; noisy spook; poltergeist | |
| Poltergeister {pl} | noisy ghosts; noisy spooks; poltergeists | |
| Geist {m} eines Toten | spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.] (ghost of a dead person) |
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| an Geister glauben | to believe in ghosts | |
| einen Geist austreiben | to exorcize a ghost | |
| Da / hier scheiden sich die Geister. | Opinions differ here. |