hausfrau
3
8.9
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌfraʊ/
:
ama de casa
- Also, my homegirl Nicole Chaison wrote an awesome graphic novel/biographical novel called Passion of the Hausfrau.
Examples
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The hausfrau organized the household chores so everything ran smoothly while her children were at school.
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She's a neurotic, suburban hausfrau.
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"Such a good little hausfrau."
Fiction book (1996) -
Masturbation material for the North of Montana hausfrau.
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Hausfrau behavior.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm a suburban hausfrau.
Fiction book (1993) -
But my mother was no hausfrau; she was a physician turned dentist; summonses from her son's teacher were unappreciated, and she let me know it.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Hey!" No shortchanged hausfrau ever sounded more peeved by a heavy-thumbed butcher.
Fiction book (1997) -
The fact that Elka, normally such a compulsively neat hausfrau, had let her kitchen deteriorate to this state shook something loose inside me.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a dedicated hausfrau, she makes sure her family has home-cooked meals every evening.
Synonyms
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1.4
A married woman who manages her home and cares for her family
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2.7
A person who manages a home and cares for their family
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9.9
A married woman who manages the home in old times
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3.7
A wife who runs the household while her husband earns money
Antonyms
14
3.2
A woman who has a paid job doing physical tasks outside the home, often in a factory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hausfrau comes from the German words haus ('house') and frau ('woman'). So a hausfrau literally means a 'house woman' and refers to a woman whose main job is looking after the home and family.