Polyglot Dictionary

Hausschuh

/ˈhaʊ̯sˌʃuː/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hausschuhe

Meaning

  1. slipper

    Built from Haus (house) + Schuh (shoe).

    • Ich ziehe Hausschuhe an.

      I put on slippers.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haus house
  • Schuh shoe

Similar words

pantoffel

Pantoffel is more the backless, mule-style slipper; Hausschuh is the general indoor shoe.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

pantufla

pantufla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "slipper."

Practice

1 What does Hausschuh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich ziehe ___ an.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hausschuh?

nouncompound

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