Beetle

See also: beetle

English

Volkswagen Type 1 “Beetle” c. 1970

Alternative forms

• beetle (uncommon)

Etymology

Calque of German Käfer.

Noun

Beetle (plural Beetles)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

   Synonym: Bug

Translations

Volkswagen car

• Bulgarian: бръмбар (bg) m (brǎmbar)
• Catalan: escarabat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲殼蟲 / 甲壳虫 (zh) (Jiǎqiàochóng)

• Dutch: Kever m
• Estonian: põrnikas
• Finnish: kupla (fi)
• French: Coccinelle (fr) f
• German: Käfer (de) m
• Greek: Σκαραβαίος (el) m (Skaravaíos), Σκαθάρι (Skathári)
• Hebrew: חיפושית (he) f (khipushít)
• Italian: maggiolino (it) m
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: chidí néʼéshtiłí
• Norwegian: boble (no) m or f
• Polish: garbus (pl) m
• Portuguese: fusca (pt) m (Brazil), carocha (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: broscuță (ro) f
• Russian: Фольксваген Жук m (Folʹksvagen Žuk)
• Slovene: hrošč (sl) m
• Spanish: escarabajo (es) m, Vocho m (Mexico), fusca (es) m (Uruguay)
• Swedish: Volkswagen Typ 1, folkvagn (sv) c, folka (sv) c, bubbla (sv) c, bagge (sv) c
• Turkish: tosbağa (tr)
• Yoruba: ìjàpá