bashert

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adjective

preordained, fated

OriginYiddish באַשערט ← Middle High German beschern →
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Meanings

adjectivebashert (comparative more bashert, superlative most bashert)

comparative more bashert · superlative most bashert · alternative beshert

  1. preordained, fated
nounbashert (plural basherts)

plural basherts · alternative beshert

  1. One's predestined soulmate.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
destineddoomedfatedfatefulfatidicforeordainedpredevotepreordainedweird

Origin

  1. Middle High Germanbeschern
  2. Yiddishבאַשערט
  3. Englishbashert

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bathersBarthesbetrashBraseth
Cite this entry
APA

bashert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bashert

MLA

“bashert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bashert. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bashert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bashert.

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