JäGER

'''Jäger''' (plural also ''Jäger'', IPA pronunciation: ) is a German word for "hunter". In English it is often written with the ("double") plural ''Jägers'', or as ''jaeger'' (pl. ''jaegers'') or ''jager'' (pl. ''jagers'') to avoid the umlaut which is incorrect in German but is correct in Dutch.
The various meanings of 'Jäger' / 'Jaeger' / 'Jager' include:

★ Military forces

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★ '''Jäger''' is a German military term for light infantry. In English, it is often rendered as ''Jägers'' when referring to the élite troops of Prussia, e.g. the ''Potsdam Jägers''.

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★ '''Panzerjäger''' Tank hunter / tank destroyer. also Jagdpanzer.

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★ '''Jägare''' are elite units in the Swedish Armed Forces.

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★ '''Jägare / Jääkäri''' are the Swedish and Finnish name of the Finnish Jäger troops.

★ 'Jaeger' is the North American name for the smaller species of the skua family of seabirds.

★ 'Jägermeister': a licorice flavored liquor of German origin.

★ Jager was the name of the blue armor upgrade in the Zoids series. This armor has very large boosters for increased speed and large fins for aerodynamics.

★ 'Jager' is sometimes used as a short form for Jägermeister liqueur.

★ 'Jagertee' is a drink made by mixing rum into black tea.

★ 'Jäger' is a company that makes aquarium heaters.

★ 'Jaeger-LeCoultre' is a maker of watches.

★ 'Armi Jager' is an Italian firearms manufacturer.

★ 'August Jaeger' (1860-1909) was an English music publisher of German extraction.

★ 'Gustav Jäger' (1832-1917) was a German naturalist, physician and hygienist.

★ 'Robert Jager' (born 1939) was an American composer.

★ 'Werner Jäger' (born 1959) was an Austrian ice speed skater.

★ 'Werner Jaeger' (1888-1961) was a German classicist.

★ 'Jaeger' is a clothing retailer in the West End and Knightsbridge, with branches throughout the UK.

★ 'Jaeger' is trademark (instrument cluster product line) owned by Magneti Marelli.

★ 'Jager' is also a rare male first name.

★ 'Jager' (plural Jagers) is the Dutch word for Hunter, and a last name

★ 'Jager' is an alternative name for Eger in Hungary.

★ 'Jäger' is the family name of SS-Standartenführer Jäger, who during 1941 commanded one of the Einsatzgruppen that hand-slaughtered Jews in Eastern Europe and Soviet countries into mass graves (the Jager Report of 1 December 1941 states that 137,346 Jews had been eliminated in Lithuania).

★ 'Andrea Jaeger' a former professional tennis player from the United States.

★ 'Jaeger' also refers to the style of flintlock sporting rifle that developed in Germany during the 18th Century, and achieved notable status in the new world as a hunting and military arm. A version of the rifle was adopted by select British regiments during the American Revolution, making it one of the first rifled firearms adopted by any military for widescale use. Many firearms historians consider the "jaeger" rifle to be the precursor to the "Kentucky" or "Tennessee" rifle. It is characterized by a short barrel (36 in. or less), large caliber (usually 54.), and usually has a sliding wood patchbox.

★ 'Jägermonsters' are a sort of race in the webcomic Girl Genius that serves the house of Heterodyne.