Augur
German, noun/aʊ̯ˈɡuːɐ̯/
Augur is spelled A-U-G-U-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Augur is a German masculine noun meaning “augur (diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds), especially in the context of Ancient Rome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “römischer Priester/Beamter, der durch Beobachtung von Vögeln und anderen Tieren den Willen der Götter deutete”.
What does Augur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugur (diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds), especially in the context of Ancient Rome
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. römischer Priester/Beamter, der durch Beobachtung von Vögeln und anderen Tieren den Willen der Götter deutete 2. jemand, der als Eingeweihter künftige Entwicklungen vorhersagt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Augur
- Auguren genitive
- Augurs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Augur?
- /aʊ̯ˈɡuːɐ̯/
- [ˈaʊ̯ɡʊʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Augur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Augur in German?
Augur appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).