Hausfrau

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Hausfrau. === Noun === Hausfrau (plural Hausfraus or Hausfrauen) (informal) A traditional housewife. ==== Alternative forms ==== house frau == German == === Etymology === From Haus (“house”) +‎ Frau (“woman, wife”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaʊ̯sfʁaʊ/ === Noun === Hausfrau f (genitive Hausfrau, plural Hausfrauen) housewife (dated) hostess Synonym: Gastgeberin ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hausfraulich ==== Related terms ==== Hausmann === Further reading === “Hausfrau” in Duden online “Hausfrau”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)