Haruspex
German, noun/haˈʁʊspɛks/
Haruspex is spelled H-A-R-U-S-P-E-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haruspex is a German masculine noun meaning “haruspex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Priester, der bei den Etruskern und im antiken Rom aus den Eingeweiden von Opfertieren und aus dem Einschlag…”.
What does Haruspex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharuspex
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Priester, der bei den Etruskern und im antiken Rom aus den Eingeweiden von Opfertieren und aus dem Einschlag von Blitzen weissagte
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 Haruspex
- Haruspexe plural
- Haruspizes plural
- Haruspexen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Haruspex?
- /haˈʁʊspɛks/
- [haˈʁʊspɛks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Haruspex in German?
Haruspex appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).