Käfer

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Meaning

  1. beetle
  2. (colloquial) young girl, wench
  3. Beetle (Volkswagen Type 1)

Concepts

beetle

beetles

Beetle

bug

chafer

chafers

Bug

Coleoptera

cantharidae

Weevil

scarab

cockroach

coleopteron

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɛː.fɐ/
Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German chevar, cheviro, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Akin to English chafer, Dutch kever.

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