Feuerkäfer

German

Etymology

From Feuer (“fire”) +‎ Käfer (“bug, beetle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌkɛːfɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-keː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Feu‧er‧kä‧fer

Noun

Feuerkäfer m (strong, genitive Feuerkäfers, plural Feuerkäfer)

  1. fire-colored beetle (a beetle in the tenebrionoid family Pyrochroidae)

Declension

Declension of Feuerkäfer [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Feuerkäfer die Feuerkäfer
genitive eines des Feuerkäfers der Feuerkäfer
dative einem dem Feuerkäfer den Feuerkäfern
accusative einen den Feuerkäfer die Feuerkäfer

Hyponyms

  • Scharlachroter Feuerkäfer (“Pyrochroa coccinea”)
  • Rotköpfiger Feuerkäfer (“Pyrochroa serraticornis”)
  • Orangefarbener Feuerkäfer (“Schizotus pectinicornis”)

Further reading

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