Heimchen

== German == === Etymology === Heim +‎ -chen. In the figurative sense popularized by the German title of Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth (1845), Das Heimchen am Herde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯mçən/ === Noun === Heimchen n (strong, genitive Heimchens, plural Heimchen) house cricket Synonym: Hausgrille (figurative, derogatory) subservient housewife ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Heimchen am Herd === Further reading === “Heimchen” in Duden online “Heimchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Heimchen am Herd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Heimchen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.