Meaning

4 senses
  1. (collective)All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

  2. Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.

    Haushalt

  3. Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.

    a social unit living together

  4. (obsolete)A line of ancestry; a race or house.

Examples

169 sentences
  1. More and more married couples share household chores.

    Все більше і більше подружжів розподіляють виконання хатньої роботи. — ChickenKiev

    ruВсё больше и больше супругов распределяют между собой обязанности по дому. — odexed

    deImmer mehr Ehepaare teilen sich die Hausarbeit. — freddy1

  2. She was occupied with household work.

  3. She was busy with household work.

  4. Tom is part of our household.

  5. I'd like to speak to the lady of the household.

    deIch möchte gerne mit der gnädigen Frau sprechen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
entirety of work and management required to sustain the household:

Origin

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.

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