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Schreckgespenst {n} [übtr.] spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.]; hobgoblin [listen]

das Schreckgespenst Arbeitslosigkeit the spectre of unemployment

Abstiegsgespenst {n}; Barragegespenst {n} [Schw.] [sport] spectre of relegation

Pleitegeier {m} [übtr.] threat of bankruptcy; spectre/specter [Am.] of bankruptcy

Über jdm./etw. schwebt der Pleitegeier. The vultures are hovering above sb./sth.

Über der Firma schwebt/kreist der Pleitegeier The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the firm.

"Die Geisterbraut" (von Dvorak / Werktitel) [mus.] 'The Spectre's Bride' (by Dvorak / work title)

Gespenst {n}; Geist {m} [listen] ghost; spook [coll.] [listen]

Gespenster {pl}; Geister {pl} ghosts; spooks

Hausgespenst {n} domestic ghost

Poltergeist {m} noisy ghost; noisy spook; poltergeist

Geist {m} eines Toten spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.] (ghost of a dead person) [listen]

an Geister glauben to believe in ghosts

einen Geist austreiben to exorcize a ghost

Da / hier scheiden sich die Geister. Opinions differ here.
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