hausfrau

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Recent Examples of hausfrau The German actress could draft off her own Lead Actress campaign to score two nominations in the same year — a feat last pulled off by Scarlett Johansson, who in a weird bit of Oscar symmetry also got her Supporting nod for playing a German hausfrau in World War II. Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024 Deborah Greenspan, an energetic hausfrau whose principal cause is resettling immigrants, has decided to host an inventive, and obnoxious, dinner party. Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023 Harry's alter ego is a dull breadwinner who, like most male suburbanites, bores his hausfrau (Jamie Lee Curtis) with the minutiae of his drab job. Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019 Her father was a music teacher, her mother a hausfrau or a housewife. Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2018 Being a mother involves being an efficient hausfrau. John Richardson, Town & Country, 13 Oct. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hausfrau
Noun
  • The term tradwife refers to a modern-day housewife who embraces traditional gender roles, centering her life around homemaking, childcare and supporting her husband—not financially, but through homecooked meals and providing a clean and tidy living environment.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her mother was a homemaker and photographer, and her father was in real estate and civil engineering.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Her father, who had made a fortune in real estate and brewing, was president of the Cleveland Trust Company, then Ohio’s largest bank; her mother, a homemaker, enrolled her in art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sun looms on Moselle as viewers find Maggie and the family’s beloved and long-time housekeeper, Gloria (Kathleen Wilhoite), preparing a soiree in celebration of Alex’s father, Randolph (Gerald McRaney).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The couple's staff like the children's nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, who has been with the family since George was a baby, and the housekeepers are expected to live on other smaller properties on the estate.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Hausfrau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hausfrau. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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