kever

Meaning

beetle (insect of the order Coleoptera)

Concepts

beetle

🪲

bug

🐛

chafer

cockroach

🪳

scarab

small insect

coleopteron

Synonyms

tor

🪲

schildvleugelige

kakkerlak

🪳

Kever

wants

Translations

Käfer

🪲

scarabée

🪲

escarabajo

🪲

coleopterum

coleottero

σκαθάρι

escarabat

🪲

besouro

🪲

escaravelho

🪲

scarabeo

خنفساء

coleóptero

böcek

🐛

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeːvər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: kever

Inherited from Old Dutch: kevero

Cognate with English: chafer

Cognate with German: Käfer

In summary

From Middle Dutch kever, from Old Dutch kevero, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Akin to English chafer, German Käfer.