What Does Jager Mean?

Jäger is a German military term that originally referred to light infantry, but has come to have wider usage. While it may be literally translated as "hunter", in German-speaking states during the early modern era, the term Jäger was used to describe skirmishers, scouts, sharpshooters and runners.

What does the name Jager mean?

German (mostly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a hunter, Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen 'to hunt'); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental, derived from German Jäger.

Is Jager a word?

Yes, jager is in the scrabble dictionary.