Haus-

Haus-:

Haus|al|tar

m → family or house altar

Haus|an|dacht

f → family worship

Haus|an|ge|stell|te(r)

mf decl as adj → domestic servant; (esp Frau) → domestic

Haus|an|ten|ne

f → roof aerial (Brit) → or antenna (US)

Haus|an|zug

m → leisure suit

Haus|apo|the|ke

f → medicine cupboard or chest

Haus|ar|beit

f

→ housework no pl

(Sch) → homework no indef art, no pl, → piece of homework, assignment (esp US)

Haus|ar|rest

m (im Internat) → detention; (Jur) → house arrest; Haus- haben → to be in detention/under house arrest; Fritz kann nicht zum Spielen rauskommen, er hat Haus- → Fritz can’t come out to play - he’s grounded or being kept in

Haus|arzt

m, Haus|ärz|tin

f → family doctor, GP; (von Heim, Anstalt) → resident doctor

Haus|auf|ga|be

f (Sch) → homework sing, no indef art; seine Haus-n machen (auch fig) → to do one’s homework

Haus|auf|ga|ben|be|treu|ung

f, Haus|auf|ga|ben|über|wa|chung

f (Sch) → homework supervision

Haus|auf|satz

m (Sch) → homework essay, essay for homework

haus|ba|cken

adj (fig) → homespun, drab, homely (US); Kleidung → unadventurous

Haus|ball

m → (private) ball or dance

Haus|bank

f pl <-banken> → bank

Haus|bar

f → home bar; (= Möbelstück) → cocktail or drinks cabinet

Haus|bau

m

pl <-bauten> → house building or construction

no pl (= das Bauen) → building of a/the house

Haus|berg

m (einer Stadt) → local mountain; (= beliebtester Berg) → favourite (Brit) → or favorite (US) → mountain; (eines Sportlers) → home slopes pl

Haus|be|set|zer(in)

m(f) → squatter

Haus|be|set|zung

f → squatting; (Einzug) → moving into a squat

Haus|be|sitz

m → house ownership; Haus- haben → to own a house/houses

Haus|be|sit|zer

m → homeowner, house-owner; (= Hauswirt) → landlord

Haus|be|sit|ze|rin

f → homeowner, house-owner; (= Hauswirtin) → landlady

Haus|be|sor|ger(in)

m(f) (Aus) → caretaker, janitor

Haus|be|such

m → home visit

Haus|be|woh|ner(in)

m(f) → (house) occupant or occupier

Haus|bib|li|o|thek

f → library

Haus|bock

m (Zool) → house longhorn

Haus|boot

nt → houseboat

Haus|brand

m

→ house fire

(= Brennstoff) → domestic or heating fuel

Haus|brief|kas|ten

m → letter box (Brit), → mailbox (US)

Haus|bur|sche

m → pageboy, bellboy (US), → bellhop (US)

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Haus-:

Haus|da|me

f → housekeeper

Haus|de|tek|tiv(in)

m(f) → house detective; (von Kaufhaus) → store detective

Haus|die|ner(in)

m(f) (in Hotel) → hotel servant; (= Gepäckträger) → (hotel) porter

Haus|dra|chen

m (inf) → dragon (inf), → battle-axe (Brit inf), → battle-ax (US inf)

Haus|durch|su|chung

f (Aus) = Haussuchung

haus|ei|gen

adj → belonging to a/the hotel/firm etc

Haus|ei|gen|tü|mer(in)

m(f) → homeowner

Haus|ein|fahrt

f (Aus), Haus|ein|gang

m → (house) entrance

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Haus-:

Haus|flag|ge

f (Naut) → house flag

Haus|flur

m → (entrance) hall, hallway

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Haus-:

haus|frau|lich

adj → housewifely

Haus|freund

m

(= Freund der Familie) → friend of the family

(euph inf) → man friend

Haus|freun|din

f (= Freundin der Familie) → friend of the family

Haus|frie|de(n)

m → domestic peace

Haus|frie|dens|bruch

m (Jur) → trespass (in sb’s house)

Haus|gans

f → (domestic) goose

Haus|gast

m (von Pension etc) → resident, guest

Haus|ge|brauch

m für den Haus- (Gerät) → for domestic or household use; Obst-, Gemüsenbau → for one’s own consumption; sein Französisch reicht für den Haus- (inf) → his French is (good) enough to get by (on)

Haus|ge|burt

f → home birth

Haus|ge|hil|fe

m, Haus|ge|hil|fin

f → home help

Haus|geist

m

→ household spirit; (= Gespenst) → household ghost

(hum: = Hausangestellter) → faithful retainer (old, hum)

haus|ge|macht

adj → home-made; (fig) Problem etc → of one’s own making

Haus|ge|mein|schaft

f → household (community); mit jdm in Haus- leben → to live together with sb (in the same household)

Haus|ge|nos|se

m, Haus|ge|nos|sin

f → fellow tenant

Haus|göt|ter

pl (Myth) → household gods pl

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Haus-:

Haus|herr

m

→ head of the household; (= Gastgeber, Sport) → host

(Jur) → householder

(Aus, S Ger) (= Hausbesitzer) → homeowner, house-owner; (= Hauswirt) → landlord

Haus|her|rin

f

→ lady of the house; (= Gastgeberin) → hostess

(Aus, S Ger: = Hausbesitzerin) → homeowner, house-owner; (= Hauswirtin) → landlady

haus|hoch

adj → (as) high as a house/houses; (fig) Sieg → crushing; der haushohe Favorit → the hot favourite (Brit inf) → or favorite (US inf)

adv → high (in the sky); jdn Haus- schlagen → to give sb a hammering (inf) → or thrashing (inf); Haus- gewinnen → to win hands down, to win by miles (inf); jdm Haus- überlegen sein → to be head and shoulders above sb

Haus|huhn

nt → domestic fowl

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Haus-:

Haus|ja|cke

f → house jacket

Haus|ju|rist(in)

m(f) → company lawyer

Haus|ka|nin|chen

nt → domestic rabbit

Haus|ka|pel|le

f

(Rel) → private chapel

(= Musikkapelle) → resident band; (an Fürstenhof) → resident or private orchestra

Haus|kat|ze

f → domestic cat

Haus|kauf

m → house-buying no art, → house purchase

Haus|kleid

nt → housecoat

Haus|kon|zert

nt → family concert

Haus|kor|rek|tur

f (Typ) → proofreading (carried out by the publishers)

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Haus-:

Haus|leh|rer(in)

m(f) → (private) tutor

Haus|leu|te

pl

(dial inf: = Wirtsleute) → landlord and landlady

(S Ger, Sw: = Bewohner) → tenants pl

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Haus-:

Haus|macht

f (Hist) → allodium; (fig) → power base

Haus|mäd|chen

nt → (house)maid

Haus|mann

m pl <-männer> (= den Haushalt versorgender Mann) → househusband

Haus|manns|kost

f → plain cooking or fare; (fig) → plain fare

Haus|man|tel

m → housecoat

Haus|mär|chen

nt → folk tale; „Haus- und Kindermärchen“ → “Fairy Tales”

Haus|mar|ke

f (= eigene Marke) → own brand or label; (= bevorzugte Marke) → favourite (Brit) → or favorite (US) → brand

Haus|maus

f → house mouse

Haus|meis|ter

m

→ caretaker, janitor

(dated Sw: = Hausbesitzer) → house-owner

Haus|mit|tei|lung

f → internal memo

Haus|mit|tel

nt → household remedy

Haus|müll

m → domestic rubbish (Brit) → or garbage (US), → domestic refuse

Haus|mu|sik

f → music at home, family music

Haus|mut|ter

f pl <-mütter> (von Herberge etc) → housemother

Haus|müt|ter|chen

nt (hum) → little mother; (pej) → housewife, wife and mother

Haus|num|mer

f → street or house number

Haus|ord|nung

f → house rules pl → or regulations pl

Haus|par|tei

f → tenant; (Aus) → household

Haus|post

f → internal or in-house mail

Haus|pos|til|le

f <-, -n> (old) → collection of instructional reading for the family; (fig) → manual;

Haus|putz

m → house cleaning

Haus|rat

m, no pl → household equipment or goods pl

Haus|rat|ver|si|che|rung

f → (household) contents insurance

Haus|recht

nt → right (→ s pl) → as a householder (to forbid sb entrance); von seinem Haus- Gebrauch machen → to show sb the door, to tell sb to leave

Haus|rind

nt → domestic cattle pl

Haus|samm|lung

f → house-to-house or door-to-door collection

Haus|schlach|ten

nt <-s>, no pl, Haus|schlach|tung

f → home slaughtering

Haus|schlüs|sel

m → front-door key, house key

Haus|schuh

m → slipper

Haus|schwamm

m → dry rot

Haus|schwein

nt → domestic pig

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Haus-:

Haus|stand

m → household, home; einen Haus- gründen → to set up house or home

Haus|su|chung

f <-, -en> (in einem Haus) → house search; (in mehreren Häusern) → house-to-house search

Haus|su|chungs|be|fehl

m → search warrant

Haus|te|le|fon

nt → internal telephone

Haus|tier

nt → domestic animal; (aus Liebhaberei gehalten) → pet

Haus|toch|ter

f → lady’s help

Haus|trau|ung

f → wedding at home

Haus|tür

f → front door; gleich vor der Haus- (fig inf) → on one’s doorstep

Haus|tür|ge|schäft

nt → door-to-door sales pl

Haus|ty|rann(in)

m(f) (inf) → domestic or household tyrant

Haus|übung

f (Aus Sch) → home exercise

Haus|va|ter

m (von Herberge etc) → housefather

Haus|ver|bot

nt → ban on entering the house; jdm Haus- erteilen → to bar or ban sb from the house, to forbid sb to enter the house; in einem Lokal/bei jdm Haus- haben → to be barred or banned from a pub (Brit) → or bar/sb’s house

Haus|ver|samm|lung

f → house meeting

Haus|ver|wal|ter(in)

m(f) → (house) supervisor

Haus|ver|wal|tung

f → property or house management

Haus|wap|pen

nt → family coat of arms

Haus|wart

m <-(e)s, -e>, Haus|war|tin

f <-, -nen> → caretaker, janitor

Haus|wirt

m → landlord

Haus|wir|tin

f → landlady

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Haus-:

Haus|wurf|sen|dung

f → mailshot, direct mail advertisement (US)

Haus|zei|tung

f, Haus|zeit|schrift

f → company magazine

Haus|zelt

nt → frame tent

Haus|zent|ra|le

f (Telec) → (internal) switchboard