jägare

See also: jagare

Swedish

en jägare med sitt byte (en räv) och jakthundar [a hunter with his prey (a fox) and hunting dogs]

Etymology

From Old Swedish iæghare or jaga +‎ -are. Doublet of jagare.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

Noun

jägare c

1. a hunter (person (or animal) who hunts animals)

   jägare och samlare

   hunters and gatherers

   Katten är en skicklig jägare

   Cats are skilled hunters

   (literally, “The cat is a skilled hunter [sounds a bit less literary in Swedish]”)

   Jägarna

   The Hunters

   A widely seen 1996 thriller movie.

2. (military) ranger, special forces

Declension

Declension of jägare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jägare	jägares
	definite	jägaren	jägarens
plural	indefinite	jägare	jägares
	definite	jägarna	jägarnas

Derived terms

• jägarsnus (“trail mix”)
• prisjägare

See also

• jaga
• jägmästare
• skogvaktare

References

• “jägare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “jägare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “jägare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)