German speakers please help!

[Anonymous]

If you are a teacher is it a compliment to receive a certificate that says Käferlehrer? Google translate says it means "beetle teacher", I found it in my mailbox and have no idea what it is trying to tell me LOL

[Anonymous]

Wiktionary says:

Käfer m

1) beetle
2) (colloquial, dated) young girl, wench
3) (automotive) Beetle (Volkswagen Type 1)

Maybe they're using it in the 2nd sense and they think you're cute? Are you a young, female teacher?

[Anonymous]

Does one of your students speak German, or is this totally random?

[Anonymous]

I am German and I have never heard of this before.

[Anonymous]

A female teacher would be lehrerin. You are dealing with someone illiterate if you are a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am German and I have never heard of this before.

Same here, I am German and have never heard this word before.

[Anonymous]

What’s the context?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wiktionary says:

Käfer m

1) beetle
2) (colloquial, dated) young girl, wench
3) (automotive) Beetle (Volkswagen Type 1)

Maybe they're using it in the 2nd sense and they think you're cute? Are you a young, female teacher?

No one says that.

[Anonymous]

Was it handwritten? Maybe there's a misspelling or you're mis-reading it?

[Anonymous]

Are you sure it's not Flemish or Dutch or Hungarian?

[Anonymous]

Another German speaker here (although not native) who has never heard that.

[Anonymous]

I don't speak German so I can't help. Maybe type it in the google search bar and ask google to translate?

[Anonymous]

Or maybe Alexa can translate?

[Anonymous]

This is a nonsense word, like when people tattoo random Chinese characters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does one of your students speak German, or is this totally random?

no I'm working at a German immersion school for the first time!