Weissager

Meaning

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

Concepts

prophet

seer

clairvoyant

diviner

augur

soothsayer

foreteller

fortuneteller

prophets

Synonyms

Wahrsager

Seher

Hellseher

Prophet

Augur

Weissagerin

Hellseherin

Wahrsagerin

Seherin

Visionär

Orakelbefrager

Vorhersager

Prophetin

Prophezeier

Visionärin

Translations

voyant

indovino

vidente

adivino

veggente

voyante

fatidica

μάντις

chiaroveggente

adivinho

profeta

prophète

oracolo

devin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German: wīzzago

Cognate with German: Wissen

Cognate with English: wit

In summary

In its modern form a compound of weise + 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.