"may beetles" in German may beetles Maikäfer Detailed translations for "may beetles" may beetles may beetles(also: cockchafers, may bugs, spang beetles, billy witches) Maikäfer{masculine plural} I had to pay for the may beetles with an entire set of winter tires. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Mensch, ich hab' nur für die Maikäfer 'n kompletten Satz Winterreifen bezahlen müssen.