jääkäri

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From German Jäger (“infantryman, jaeger”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæːkæri/,
• Rhymes: -æːkæri
• Hyphenation^(key): jää‧kä‧ri

jääkäri

1. (historical) jaeger (one of the 2,000 Finnish men who obtained military training in Germany during the First World War, and became the core of the White Guards in the Finnish Civil War in 1918)
2. (historical, military) ranger, jaeger (private in the light infantry (jaeger) unit)
3. (military) rifleman, jaeger (private in any Finnish infantry unit)

   Synonym: nurmipora (colloquial)

   Hypernym: sotamies

   Coordinate terms: tykkimies (artillery), autosotamies (certain motorised units), lentosotamies (air force), matruusi (navy)

4. (addressing) a title for any of the above

   Herra eversti, jääkäri Nönnönnöö ilmoittautuu.

   Sir (Colonel), jaeger Nönnönnöö reporting in.

   Jääkäri on hyvä ja menee.

   Please go, jaeger.

   (literally, “The jaeger is good and goes.”)

• (historical) The jääkäriupseerit (“jaeger officers”) trained in Germany were allowed to prefix jääkäri- in their rank title, e.g. jääkärikapteeni (“jaeger-captain”) and jääkärimajuri (“jaeger-major”).

• “jääkäri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02