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ghost noun

  /ɡoʊst/ , /ɡɐʉst/ , /ɡəʊst/ , /ɡʱosʈ/
  • A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
 Gespenst, Geist, Phantom, Erscheinung, Spuk
  • An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
 Geisterbild
  • (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
 Schatten

ghost verb

  /ɡoʊst/ , /ɡɐʉst/ , /ɡəʊst/ , /ɡʱosʈ/
  • (chiefly, social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
 ghosten

ghosting noun

  • The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
 Geisterbild
  • (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
  • (colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. [from 2000s]
 Ghosting
ghost town
Geisterstadt, Geisterdorf, Geisterort, Geistersiedlung, Ghosttown
ghost ship
Geisterschiff
give up the ghost
den Geist aufgeben
ghost train
Geisterbahn, Geisterzug
ghost story
Gespenstergeschichte
ghost goal
Phantomtor, Wembley-Tor
ghost net
Geisternetz
ghost driver
Geisterfahrer
ghost writer
Ghostwriter

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ghosten verb

ghoste, ghostete, habe geghostet   /ˈɡɔʊ̯stn̩/
  • sich (plötzlich, von einem Tag auf den anderen) zurückziehen und nicht mehr auf Ansprache reagieren
 ghost
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