Definition
A woman who runs her own household and is not otherwise employed.
Translations
- English
- housewife
- Français
- femme au foyer
- Türkçe
- ev hanımı
- Polski
- gospodyni domowa
- Русский
- домохозяйка
- Українська
- домогосподарка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Hausfrau
- A1
- Noun
- Work & Professions
housewife
/diː ˈhaʊsˌfʁaʊ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Hausfrauen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Hausfrau kocht heute das Mittagessen.NominativSing.The housewife is cooking lunch today.
- Sie besucht die Hausfrau am Nachmittag.AkkusativSing.She visits the housewife in the afternoon.
- Er hilft der Hausfrau im Haushalt.DativSing.He helps the housewife with the household chores.
- Die Arbeit der Hausfrau ist oft unsichtbar.GenitivSing.The housewife’s work is often invisible.
- Hausfrauen organisieren den Familienalltag.NominativPlur.Housewives organize everyday family life.
- Viele Menschen schätzen Hausfrauen.AkkusativPlur.Many people appreciate housewives.
- Die Gesellschaft sollte Hausfrauen mehr Anerkennung geben.DativPlur.Society should give housewives more recognition.
- Die Rechte der Hausfrauen müssen gestärkt werden.GenitivPlur.The rights of housewives must be strengthened.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Hausfrau/ˈhaʊsˌfʁaʊ/
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Article phrase
die Hausfrau/diː ˈhaʊsˌfʁaʊ/
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Plural
Hausfrauen/ˈhaʊsˌfʁaʊən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Hausfrau | die Hausfrauen |
| Akkusativ | die Hausfrau | die Hausfrauen |
| Dativ | der Hausfrau | den Hausfrauen |
| Genitiv | der Hausfrau | der Hausfrauen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Profession expressionHausfrau sein
- Adjective combinationeine berufstätige Hausfrau
- CollocationHausfrau und Mutter
- Sentence patternDie Hausfrau kümmert sich um den Haushalt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termHausmann
Hausfrau and Hausmann refer to people who run their own household; the words differ mainly in gender.
- AntonymBerufstätige
A Hausfrau is not employed and runs the household; a Berufstätige does paid work.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Hausmann
- Hausarbeit
- Frauenarbeit