Anonymous
Post 10/14/2023 15:24     Subject: German speakers please help!

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!
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 22:16     Subject: German speakers please help!

This is a nonsense word, like when people tattoo random Chinese characters.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 21:33     Subject: German speakers please help!

Or maybe Alexa can translate?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 21:32     Subject: German speakers please help!

I don't speak German so I can't help. Maybe type it in the google search bar and ask google to translate?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 18:50     Subject: Re:German speakers please help!

Another German speaker here (although not native) who has never heard that.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 17:53     Subject: German speakers please help!

Are you sure it's not Flemish or Dutch or Hungarian?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 17:47     Subject: German speakers please help!

Was it handwritten? Maybe there's a misspelling or you're mis-reading it?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 17:44     Subject: German speakers please help!

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
Post 10/13/2023 17:40     Subject: German speakers please help!

What’s the context?
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 17:01     Subject: Re:German speakers please help!

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
Post 10/13/2023 06:34     Subject: German speakers please help!

A female teacher would be lehrerin. You are dealing with someone illiterate if you are a woman.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 01:07     Subject: Re:German speakers please help!

I am German and I have never heard of this before.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 23:38     Subject: German speakers please help!

Does one of your students speak German, or is this totally random?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 22:05     Subject: German speakers please help!

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
Post 10/12/2023 21:45     Subject: German speakers please help!

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