hausfrau

[ hous-frou ]

noun,plural haus·fraus, haus·frau·en [hous-frou-uhn]. /ˈhaʊsˌfraʊ ən/.
  1. a housewife.

Origin of hausfrau

1
1790–1800; <German, equivalent to Haushouse + Frau wife, woman

Words Nearby hausfrau

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use hausfrau in a sentence

  • But perennial favorite Nicole Chaison, who self-publishes hausfrau Muthahzine, is hell-bent on changing all that.

    The Daily Beast Recommends | The Daily Beast | June 23, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The Passion of the hausfrau: Motherhood, Illuminatedby Nicole Chaison The real-life messes of motherhood in comic-book form.

    The Daily Beast Recommends | The Daily Beast | June 23, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • "Hans is not so bad," said the hausfrau complacently, and John's compliment won him an unusually good room that night.

    The Hosts of the Air | Joseph A. Altsheler
  • His wife enjoyed a period of peace in which to attend to her husband, children and house, as a faithful hausfrau should.

    Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
  • Good hausfrau Geyer cannot have understood where the shoe pinched: she can only have seen how he was wasting his time.

    Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
  • If you want them you had better get them in a box from a provision merchant, as the hausfrau herself does nowadays.

    Home Life in Germany | Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
  • German butchers sell raw minced meat very cheaply, and the hausfrau would probably get as much as she wanted for three-halfpence.

    Home Life in Germany | Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

British Dictionary definitions for hausfrau

hausfrau

/ (ˈhaʊsˌfraʊ) /


noun
  1. a German housewife

Origin of hausfrau

1
German, from Haus house + Frau woman, wife

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012