jääkäripataljoona
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- (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
- (military) jaeger battalion a rifleman battalion in the Finnish army
Etymology
Compound from Finnish jääkäri (jaeger, rifleman, infantry private) + Finnish pataljoona (battalion).
Origin
Finnish
pataljoona
Gloss
battalion
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- diplomijääkäri Finnish
- jääkäri Finnish
- jääkäriliike Finnish
- jääkäriupseeri Finnish
- jääkärivärväri Finnish
- kaartinjääkäri Finnish
- kalterijääkäri Finnish
- laskuvarjojääkäri Finnish
- pataljoona Finnish
- rajajääkäri Finnish
- rannikkojääkäri Finnish
- Jäger German
- bataljon Swedish