Feuerkäfer

== German == === Etymology === From Feuer (“fire”) +‎ Käfer (“bug, beetle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌkɛːfɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /-keː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Feu‧er‧kä‧fer === Noun === Feuerkäfer m (strong, genitive Feuerkäfers, plural Feuerkäfer) fire-colored beetle (a beetle in the tenebrionoid family Pyrochroidae) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Scharlachroter Feuerkäfer (“Pyrochroa coccinea”) Rotköpfiger Feuerkäfer (“Pyrochroa serraticornis”) Orangefarbener Feuerkäfer (“Schizotus pectinicornis”) === Further reading === “Feuerkäfer” in Duden online “Feuerkäfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache