Weissager
German
editEtymology
editIn its modern form a compound of weis + Sager (“wise-sayer”). However, this is a secondary motivation of Old High German wīzzago, which is remotely related only to the former of the two components mentioned, pertaining more closely to German Wissen (“knowledge”) and thus English wit. Already in Old High German this ancient noun began to be re-interpreted as wīssago, i.e. in the modern sense.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWeissager m (strong, genitive Weissagers, plural Weissager, feminine Weissagerin)
- soothsayer, seer, prophet (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
editDeclension of Weissager [masculine, strong]
Related terms
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- German compound terms
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
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