Meaning

2 senses
  1. To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.

    They can keep all their things there and play house in their own way.

    Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen

  2. To live as if married without actually being legally married, cohabit

    wie ein Ehepaar tun, wie ein Ehepaar zusammenleben, in wilder Ehe leben

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Girls like to play house.

    ruДевочки любят играть в дочки-матери. — marafon

  2. Let's play house.

    ruДавай поиграем в дочки-матери! — marafon

    deLasst uns „Vater, Mutter, Kind“ spielen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Two children played by the house.

    ruДвое детей играли рядом с домом. — fjay69

    deZwei Kinder spielten neben dem Haus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. We often played house in the park.

    ruМы часто играли в парке в дочки-матери. — marafon

    deWir spielten oft „Vater, Mutter, Kind“ im Park. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to act out family roles:
to live unmarried as if being married:

Origin

From play + house.

From play + house.

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Forms

plays house, playing house, played house, played house
Base formplay house · to play house
3rd person singularplays house
Present participleplaying house
Past simpleplayed house
Past participleplayed house

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplay house
he, she, itplays house

Past simpleLesson

all personsplayed house

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave played house
he, she, ithas played house

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill play house

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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