Aaskäfer
German, noun/ˈaːsˌkɛːfɐ/
Aaskäfer is spelled A-A-S-K-Ä-F-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aaskäfer is a German masculine noun meaning “carrion beetle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein hauptsächlich in und an Kadavern lebender Käfer”.
What does Aaskäfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarrion beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein hauptsächlich in und an Kadavern lebender Käfer
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aaskäfer
- Aaskäfers genitive
- Aaskäfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aaskäfer?
- /ˈaːsˌkɛːfɐ/
- /ˈaːsˌkeːfɐ/
- [ˈaːsˌkɛːfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Aaskäfer in German?
Aaskäfer appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).