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what dose \"kafer\" mean ...

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57 Cal look · 6 Jun 2003, 1:40 am

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

Phil74Camper · 6 Jun 2003, 2:00 am

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 · 6 Jun 2003, 2:10 am

THANKS ! .... i can move on now 😀

Bugged Again · 6 Jun 2003, 8:52 am

Hold on not so quick.

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

Now you can go

haugmichael · 6 Jun 2003, 8:25 pm

I used to call them pregnant roller skates lol

Pat · 11 Jun 2003, 4:09 pm

I lived with a South African who said in Afrikaans it means "Outsider", or "Foreigner", are there any South Africans on this forum?

hool · 11 Jun 2003, 4:41 pm

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 · 11 Jun 2003, 5:09 pm

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.

KruizinKombi · 11 Jun 2003, 6:54 pm

Oh please, don't go there!!! :o:o:o