Weissager

German

Etymology

In 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Noun

Weissager m (strong, genitive Weissagers, plural Weissager, feminine Weissagerin)

1. soothsayer, seer, prophet (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Weissager [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weissager	die	Weissager
genitive	eines	des	Weissagers	der	Weissager
dative	einem	dem	Weissager	den	Weissagern
accusative	einen	den	Weissager	die	Weissager

Related terms

• weissagen
• Weissagung