Käfer
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɛː.fɐ/, /ˈkeː.fɐ/
noun
Definitions
- beetle
- (slang) young girl, wench
- Volkswagen Type 1 “beetle” (car)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German chevar inherited from *kefrō (beetle).
Origin
*kefrō
Gloss
beetle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chafe English
- chafer English
- cockchafer English
- goatchafer English
- Aas German
- Aaskäfer German
- Bock German
- Bockkäfer German
- Borke German
- Borkenkäfer German
- Feuer German
- Feuerkäfer German
- Fichtenrüsselkäfer German
- Hirsch German
- Hirschkäfer German
- Leuchtkäfer German
- Mai German
- Maikäfer German
- Marien- (cf. genitive forms: Mariens, Mariä, Marias, der Maria (i.e. of the Mary)), a bound morpheme derived from Maria German
- Marienkäfer German
- Mist German
- Mistkäfer German
- Rüssel German
- Rüsselkäfer German
- Tabak German
- Tabakkäfer German
- leuchten German
- bombardeerkever Dutch, Flemish
- boomkever Dutch, Flemish
- coloradokever Dutch, Flemish
- kever Dutch, Flemish
- keverslak Dutch, Flemish
- meikever Dutch, Flemish
- rozenkever Dutch, Flemish
- snuitkever Dutch, Flemish
- tuinkever Dutch, Flemish
- vlokever Dutch, Flemish
- ceafor Old English
- ċeafor Old English
- kever Middle Dutch
- chevar Old High German
- cheviro Old High German
- kever Middle High German
- Kiewerlek Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *kefrō gmw-pro
- kevero Old Dutch
- Chääfer Alemannic German
- cäf Volapük
- Aas
- Mai
- Mist
- Bock
- Tabak
- Feuer
- Borke
- Mariä
- Hirsch
- Rüssel
- Marias
- Maikäfer
- leuchten
- Aaskäfer
- Bockkäfer
- Mistkäfer
- Feuerkäfer
- Tabakkäfer
- Marienkäfer
- Leuchtkäfer
- Borkenkäfer
- Hirschkäfer
- Rüsselkäfer
- Fichtenrüsselkäfer
- der Maria (i.e. of the Mary))
- Marien- (cf. genitive forms: Mariens
- a bound morpheme derived from Maria