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what dose "kafer" mean ...
57 Cal look - June 6th, 2003 at 01:40 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 - June 6th, 2003 at 02:00 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 - June 6th, 2003 at 02:10 AM

THANKS ! .... i can move on now :D

Bugged Again - June 6th, 2003 at 08:52 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 - June 6th, 2003 at 08:25 PM

I used to call them pregnant roller skates lol

Pat - June 11th, 2003 at 04:09 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 - June 11th, 2003 at 04:41 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 - June 11th, 2003 at 05:09 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 - June 11th, 2003 at 06:54 PM

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