Jäger

Jäger (German pronunciation: [ˈjɛːɡɐ] as in Yeager) is the German word for "hunter", and also a common German surname.

The various meanings of Jäger, Jaeger and Jager include:

Technology

JägerMonkey, the next-generation JavaScript engine introduced in Firefox 4

Military

Jäger (infantry), a German military term for rifle-armed infantry, akin to Army Rangers
Jäger Movement, Finnish volunteers trained in Germany as Jägers during World War I
The Jäger March, a Finnish honorary march of many army detachments
Some early flintlock rifles were known as Jäger rifles, see German military rifles
See List of Jäger units for Jäger units in various national armies

People

Adolf Jäger, German amateur football (soccer) player
Alvin Jaeger, politician
Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American tennis player and humanitarian
August Jaeger (1860–1909), English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's
Bryant Jager 2008 F-15E WSO USAF

Enigma Variations (1898–99)

Edmund Jaeger, US biologist
Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal, Austrian ophthalmologis
Eric Jager, professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles
Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands
Frank Jæger, Danish poet
Frans Maurits Jaeger (1877–1945) Dutch chemist
Frederick Jaeger, German actor
Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the July 20 Plot
Gerrit de Jager, Dutch comic-artist
Gisela Jäger, German rower
Gregg Jaeger, American physicist and philospher
Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist
Hermann Jaeger, Swiss oenologist
Jacob de Jager, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jan Kees de Jager, IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
Jaromír Jágr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
Jeff Jaeger, former American football place-kicker
Jonathan Jäger, French-born German professional footballer
Karl Jäger, Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3
Lorenz Jaeger, German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Marike Jager, singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands
Marilyn Jager Adams, researcher in the areas of cognition and education
Martin Jágr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player
Maximilian Jaeger, Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944
Michael Jäger, German artist
Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar), English cricketer
Peter Jäger, German arachnologist
Professor Jager, stage name of Scott Folsom, co-founder of the League of STEAM
Richard Jaeger, German politician
Robert E. Jager, US composer
Stefan Jäger, painter
Thomas Jäger, German racing driver
Tom Jager, US freestyle swimmer
Werner Jaeger, German classicist
Werner Jäger, Austrian ice speed skater

Animals

Jaeger, the North American name for the smaller species of the skua family of seabirds
Jaeger's Anetia, a species of butterfly in the Danaidae family

Fictional

Gray Fox (Frank Jaeger), a character in the Metal Gear series
Jagar Tharn, a fictional character in The Elder Scrolls universe
Karl Jaeger, a playable character in the game Alien Swarm
Felix Jaeger, a fictional character in the Gotrek and Felix series
Jägermonsters, a fictional race from the Girl Genius comics
Gen. Radi Jaeger, a fictional villain in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
The Strong Jaeger, a red and yellow robot with a signature J on his chest appearing in the videos of songs of the same name in the beatmania IIDX music games
Jäger, the field-name of the first and most basic of the Southern forces in the video and board game series Heavy Gear
Jaegers, small steampunk-style attack bots used by Nemesis in City of Heroes and City of Villains
Each of the "Invisible 9" units of the manga and anime series Pumpkin Scissors is nicknamed using "Jäger"; the soldiers of the most prominent unit, 901 are known as Gespenst Jäger
Jager, a playable defensive character in the asymmetric multiplayer modes of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. His name is a result of German affiliation with GSG 9 and his roaming or 'hunting' play-style.
The Bishop's Jaegers (1932), a comic novel by Thorne Smith
Pilgrim Jäger, a Japanese manga series
Jaeger Corps in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Jäger Sucher, German for hunter searcher, clandestine government group of werewolf hunters in the Night Creature series by Lori Handeland
Jaegers, a fictional type of giant piloted robots (mecha) that fight alien monsters called Kaiju in the 2013 film Pacific Rim
Eren Jäger/Eren Yeager, protagonist in the Attack on Titan manga and anime
Jaeger, a tank-like character of the Teknos faction in The Unholy War
Jaegers, a group in the Akame ga Kill! manga and anime
Franz Jaeger, a fictional german bank box company which features in the danish comedy film series, the Olsen gang

Other

Armi Jager, an Italian firearms manufacturer
Eheim, a German company that makes aquarium heaters under the name Jäger
Hunter Jaegers, an Australian netball team
Jaeger (automobile), an automobile built in Belleville, Michigan by the Jaeger Motor Car Company
Jaeger (clothing), a United Kingdom clothing retailer
Jaegers, an obsolete term for a union suit (or "woolly combinations") first popularised by the Jaeger clothing company and named after Gustav Jäger
Jaeger 70, a hybrid of two American species of grape
Jaeger, a trademark owned by Magneti Marelli
Jaeger-LeCoultre, a maker of watches
Jager (plural Jagers), the Dutch word for hunter
Jager, the name of the blue armor upgrade in the Zoids series
Jager, an alternative name for Eger in Hungary
Jägerschnitzel, a German dish of fried meat cutlets with mushroom gravy
Jägermeister, a German liquor
Jägerbomb, a cocktail consisting of one shot of Jägermeister dropped into a glass of an energy drink
Jagertee, a drink made by mixing rum into black tea
Kerberos Panzer Jäger, a 2006 Japanese radio drama
Rote Jäger, a short-lived German military football club active during World War II
Jäger (or Jaeger), a release skill performed on the horizontal bar or uneven bars in gymnastics