Wahrsager
[ˈvaːɐ̯ˌzaːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Wahrsager” is uncommon German (frequency #51,824 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,824
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der versucht, die Zukunft vorherzusagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wahrsager · Wahrsager · German
Wahrsager · rank #51,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,824
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wahlniederlage
Nearest frequency peer: Wahlniederlage (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Wahrsager“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wahlheimat
Wahlheimat
48,180 corpus weight
- Wahljahr
Wahljahr
48,179 corpus weight
- Wahlniederl…
Wahlniederlage
48,178 corpus weight
- Wahrsager
Wahrsager
48,177 corpus weight
- Waise
Waise
48,176 corpus weight
- wannen
wannen
48,174 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wahrsager“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wahrsager |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːɐ̯ˌzaːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wahrsager“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wahrsager is uncommon German at frequency #51,824 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːɐ̯ˌzaːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der versucht, die Zukunft vorherzusagen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wahrsager, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wahrsager, spelled W-A-H-R-S-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der versucht, die Zukunft vorherzusagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wahrsager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Prophezeiungen von Wahrsagern sind im Jahr 2002 zum größten Teil nicht eingetreten.
„Gern hörte Martin den Wahrsagern zu.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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