| Mehlkäfer | mealworm beetle |
| Mistkäfer | dung beetle |
| Maikäfer | cockchafer june bug maybug |
| Schläfer | sleeper |
| Mehlbeere | whitebeam |
| Mehlsack | flour sack |
| Mehltau | mildew |
| mehlieren | flour |
| Fehler | error mistake fault defect blemish flaw snag shortcoming drawback weakness |
| Hehler | fence receiver |
| fehlbar | fallible criminal guilty liable sickly |
| Bockkäfer | longhorn beetle |
| Flohkäfer | flea beetle |
| Goldkäfer | rose chafer |
| Aaskäfer | carrion beetle horse beetle necrophore sexton beetle |
| Junikäfer | chafer summer chafer ladybird ladybug |
| Käfer | beetle |
| Leuchtkäfer | firefly glow-worm lightning bug |
| Bestrafer | punisher |
| Loafer | loafer |