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Hausfrau^¹

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Unadapted borrowing from German Hausfrau.

noun Hausfraus · Hausfrauen · house frau

informal A traditional housewife.

hausfrau^²

noun hausfraus · hausfrauen

Alternative letter-case form of Hausfrau JoEllen is a dumpy small-town hausfrau trying to be good and stick to her bowl of dry salad, but unable to resist the call of the chocolate cake she keeps moving around from the icebox to the cupboard to the stove.

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@misc{hausfrau_2026,
  title = {hausfrau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hausfrau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}