Polyglot Dictionary

Jäger

/ˈjɛːɡɐ/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Jäger
feminine
die Jägerin

Meaning

  1. hunter

    Built from jagen (to hunt) + the agent suffix -er.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • jagen to hunt

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cazador

cazador is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hunter."

Portuguese

caçador

caçador is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hunter."

Practice

1 What does Jäger mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ folgte den Spuren durch den Wald.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Jäger?

See also

nouncompound

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