different between soulmate vs bashert

English

Alternative forms

• soul mate

Etymology

soul +? mate. First attested as soul-mate in a 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s.

Pronunciation

Noun

soulmate (plural soulmates)

1. Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.
   • 2012, Ulli Springett, Tara Springett, Soulmate Relationships: How to find, keep and understand your perfect partner, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     Finding your wonderful soulmate is very similar to the process of sowing a seed and nurturing it into a beautiful blossoming plant.

Translations

Further reading

• soulmate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “soulmate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• luteomas, talmouse

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English soulmate.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: soul?mate

Noun

soulmate m (plural soulmates, diminutive soulmateje n)

1. soulmate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ???????? (bashert), from Middle High German beschern. Compare German bescheren.

Noun

bashert (plural basherts)

1. One's predestined soulmate

Adjective

bashert (comparative more bashert, superlative most bashert)

1. preordained, fated

Anagrams

• bathers, berthas, betrash, breaths