Hirschkäfer
German, noun/ˈhɪʁʃˌkɛːfɐ/
Hirschkäfer is spelled H-I-R-S-C-H-K-Ä-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirschkäfer is a German masculine noun meaning “stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “größte europäische Käferart (bis zu 7 cm) mit braunschwarzer Färbung”.
What does Hirschkäfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größte europäische Käferart (bis zu 7 cm) mit braunschwarzer Färbung
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 Hirschkäfer
- Hirschkäfers genitive
- Hirschkäfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirschkäfer?
- /ˈhɪʁʃˌkɛːfɐ/
- /ˈhɪʁʃˌkeːfɐ/
- [ˈhɪʁʃˌkɛːfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hirschkäfer in German?
Hirschkäfer appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).