Polyglot Dictionary

Haushalt

/ˈhaʊ̯sˌhalt/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Haushalte

Meaning

  1. household

    Built from Haus (house) + Halt (keeping).

    • Sie führt den Haushalt.

      She runs the household.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haus house
  • Halt keeping

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

domicílio

Close — a household relates to a home address.

English

family

Close — a household relates to a family.

Practice

1 What does Haushalt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie führt den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Haushalt?

nouncompound

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