Käfer

Meaning

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

Concepts

beetle

🪲

beetles

Beetle

🪲

Bug

🐛

chafers

bug

🐛

chafer

Weevil

cockroach

🪳

scarab

Coleoptera

cantharidae

coleopteron

Synonyms

Beetle

VW-Käfer

Kakerlake

🪳

Knirps

Kugel

Maikäfer

Schabe

Vogelscheuche

Wanze

Buggy

Herbie

Cantharidae

Coleoptera

VW 1302

Kugelporsche

Brezelkäfer

Dummkopf

VW 1303

flitzen

Translations

escarabajo

🪲

kever

🪲

coleottero

scarabée

🪲

scarafaggio

🪳

coléoptère

🪲

tor

🪲

besouro

🪲

Coccinelle

böcek

🐛

schildvleugelige

σκαθάρι

escarabat

🪲

coleopterum

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kääfer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛː.fɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German:

Inherited from Old High German: chevar

Cognate with English: chafer

Cognate with Dutch: kever

In summary

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