Fallschirmjäger

German

Etymology

Fallschirm (“parachute”) +‎ Jäger (“hunter, soldier”)

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: Fall‧schirm‧jä‧ger

Noun

Fallschirmjäger m (strong, genitive Fallschirmjägers, plural Fallschirmjäger, feminine Fallschirmjägerin)

1. paratrooper

Declension

Declension of Fallschirmjäger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fallschirmjäger	die	Fallschirmjäger
genitive	eines	des	Fallschirmjägers	der	Fallschirmjäger
dative	einem	dem	Fallschirmjäger	den	Fallschirmjägern
accusative	einen	den	Fallschirmjäger	die	Fallschirmjäger

Further reading

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