Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

house frau

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
house- frau
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A housewife.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hausfrau.

Inflected Forms

house fraus (plural)

Questions

What does house frau mean?
A housewife.
Where does house frau come from?
Borrowed from German Hausfrau.

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