Jägerin

German

Etymology

Jäger (“hunter”) +‎ -in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛːɡəʁɪn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjeːɡəʁɪn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Jä‧ge‧rin

Noun

Jägerin f (genitive Jägerin, plural Jägerinnen, masculine Jäger)

1. feminine of Jäger: female hunter, huntress
   • 2014, Mircea Pfleiderer, Birgit Rödder, Was Katzen wirklich wollen, page 55:

     Katzen sind perfekte Jägerinnen

     Cats are perfect hunters

     Note: Katze f (“cat”) is feminine but refers to male and female cats, while Kater m (“male cat”) and Kätzin f (“female cat”), which are also used in this book, are sex-specific.

Declension

Declension of Jägerin [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Jägerin	die	Jägerinnen
genitive	einer	der	Jägerin	der	Jägerinnen
dative	einer	der	Jägerin	den	Jägerinnen
accusative	eine	die	Jägerin	die	Jägerinnen

Further reading

• “Jägerin” in Duden online
• “Jägerin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache