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geistes- und seelenverwandt

English translation: have kindred spirits (or, more informal: are soulmates)

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German term or phrase:geistes- und seelenverwandt
English translation:have kindred spirits (or, more informal: are soulmates)
Entered by: Yuu Andou

04:20 Oct 25, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature / Ákos Molnár "Zwölf Schritte"
German term or phrase: geistes- und seelenverwandt
Molnár hat diesen Roman anhand geschickt ersonnener Spannungsbögen und mit viel psychologischem Feingefühl konstruiert. Das darin enthaltene Leitmotiv, wenn man es so nennen kann, stellt die Macht der Sexualität dar, die in dieser Geschichte die Existenz des freien Willens Lügen straft und alle durch gesellschaftliche Konventionen errichteten Schranken beiseite wischt. Dieser Problematik untergeordnet ist das Thema der sozialen Schichten, denn eigentlich hat Tittelbach seine Helga korrekt gewählt: Sie stammt wie er aus dem Bildungsbürgertum und scheint auch aus dieser Sicht für ihn die perfekte Lebensgefährtin beziehungsweise Ehefrau zu sein, fühlen sie sich einander doch ***geistes- und seelenverwandt***.
Yuu Andou
Local time: 22:00
have kindred spirits (or, more informal: are soulmates)
Explanation:
"to have kindred spirits" has the same meaning as "geistes- und seelenverwandt".

Another, more informal term would be "soulmates".
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Jeroen Deckm (X)
Belgium
Grading comment
Danke schoen!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5have kindred spirits (or, more informal: are soulmates)
Jeroen Deckm (X)
4 +1as one heart and one mind
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +1intellectual and spiritual kin
Michael Martin, MA
3 +1feel/ experience a connection on both the intellectual and the spiritual plane
Nicola Wood
3an intellectual and spiritual affinity
Horst Huber (X)
1soulmates (or soul mates)
RegineMac


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
intellectual and spiritual kin


Explanation:
felt like intellectual and spiritual kin..

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 09:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish
1 hr
  -> Thanks, franglish!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
soulmates (or soul mates)


Explanation:
We say this a lot here. I think it covers both Geist and Seele.

Example sentence(s):
  • A soulmate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace.

    Reference: http://www.wedlok.com/lasvegaswedding/soul_mates/15_inspirin...
RegineMac
United States
Local time: 06:00
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
have kindred spirits (or, more informal: are soulmates)


Explanation:
"to have kindred spirits" has the same meaning as "geistes- und seelenverwandt".

Another, more informal term would be "soulmates".

Example sentence(s):
  • For the two characters in the play who have kindred spirits, we see both sides of it: the comfort that thinking about the past can bring, and the pain of remembering what you had but don’t anymore."

    Reference: http://www.roxanneray.net/RoxanneRay-Kindred.pdf
Jeroen Deckm (X)
Belgium
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke schoen!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: I would have said "are kindred spirits". They could both "have kindred spirits", but these could be other people!
4 hrs
agree  AngieD: Agree with Colin
6 hrs
agree  Helen Shiner: also agree with Colin
7 hrs
agree  oa_xxx (X): with Colin too
10 hrs
agree  Wolf Draeger: With Colin.
1 day 6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as one heart and one mind


Explanation:
How I would translate it.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...they feel united/joined/welded as one heart (one soul) and one mind
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 77

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wolf Draeger: Or of one heart and mind?
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank-you Wolf, that would also work, but the second "one" has to be there to accentuate the unity.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
feel/ experience a connection on both the intellectual and the spiritual plane


Explanation:
Not quite as succinct as other answers, but another possibility

Nicola Wood
Austria
Local time: 15:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: feel connected intellectually and spiritually
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Helen. I think this shorter version is also a good option.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
an intellectual and spiritual affinity


Explanation:
Thinking of Goethe's "Wahlverwandtschaften".

Horst Huber (X)
United States
Local time: 09:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3
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