Jäger
9.1
A German family name
- proper noun
- /ˈjeɪɡər/
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Jäger
- - Do you wanna do a shot of Jäger?
Examples
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Well, the first thing was we were on the roof ... and were having those shots of Jäger.
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Column 3 of the table adds intangibles from Corrado and Jäger (2015).
Academic text (2016) -
Do you want some Jäger?
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This is our Uncle Jäger.
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Jäger?
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Finally, we add estimates of intangibles from Corrado and Jäger (2015).
Academic text (2016) -
My friend, Markus Jäger, is visiting from Germany.
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Have you met Anna Jäger? She leads the local choir.
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The Jäger family has lived in this town for generations.
Synonyms
Jager
vsJäger
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8.6
A family name from Germany
has identical meaning but is written with an umlaut and used in German-speaking areas
Surface Forms
Jäger main
Etymology
The word Jäger comes from the German verb jagen, which means 'to hunt', so it began as a name for someone who hunted. That's why the family name Jäger is like the English surname Hunter.