jääkäripataljoona

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Finnish

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Etymology

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jääkäri (jaeger, rifleman) +‎ pataljoona (battalion)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjæːkæriˌpɑtɑljoːnɑ/, [ˈjæːk̟æriˌpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝lˌjo̞ːnɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oːnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): jää‧kä‧ri‧pa‧tal‧joo‧na

Noun

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jääkäripataljoona

  1. (historical) jaeger battalion (the 27th Jaeger Battalion of the German Army in WWI, consisting of Finnish volunteers who had secretly travelled to Germany in order to obtain military training, with the final aim of liberating Finland from the Russian rule)
  2. (military) jaeger battalion (a rifleman battalion in the Finnish army)

Declension

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Possessive forms of jääkäripataljoona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Further reading

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