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57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#54419
Ok, i am sure somebody here will be able to tell me this one ...

the word "kafer" ... dose it mean beetle, in german ?
anybody ?
cheers :bounce
Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines - Enzo Ferrari

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody, you buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody - Frank Sinatra

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#54422
Exactly right. The German word for 'Beetle' is 'Käfer'. The VW was not sold officially in Germany with that name, although VW does use it now to describe the Type 1 model.

In Holland they use a very similar word ' 'Kever'. The French call the Beetle the 'Coccinelle'. There are many other local words around the world to describe the Beetle - just can't remember them at the moment!

57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#54424
THANKS ! .... i can move on now 😀
Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines - Enzo Ferrari

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody, you buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody - Frank Sinatra

Bugged Again Wolfsburg Wizard

507 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#54468
Hold on not so quick.

The proper english spelling should be "kaefer" because of teh umlaut above the a.

Now you can go

haugmichael Seriously Crusin Dubber

146 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#54696
I used to call them pregnant roller skates lol

Pat Officially Full-On Dubber

314 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#56002
I lived with a South African who said in Afrikaans it means "Outsider", or "Foreigner", are there any South Africans on this forum?
Ooh, suits you sir!

hool Slammed & Awesome Dubber

91 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#56013
kaffa (not sure of spelling) is also african white-man speak for the blacks..

flies were called kaffer budgies..

i used to work with a south african white boy...

Pat Officially Full-On Dubber

314 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#56023
That's what I was told, the Afrikaans consider the blacks foreigners. Doesn't really make sense, but then again neither does our attitude towards our indigenous people.
Ooh, suits you sir!

KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#56067
Oh please, don't go there!!! :o:o:o
Kruizin Kol