Hausfreund
German, noun/ˈhaʊ̯sˌfʁɔɪ̯nt/
Hausfreund is spelled H-A-U-S-F-R-E-U-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hausfreund is a German masculine noun meaning “friend of the family, family friend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vertrauter Freund”.
What does Hausfreund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefriend of the family, family friend
- 2
masculinelover of a married woman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vertrauter Freund 2. Geliebter einer verheirateten Frau
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hausfreund
- Hausfreundes genitive
- Hausfreunds genitive
- Hausfreunde plural
- Hausfreundin feminine
- Hausfreunden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hausfreund?
- /ˈhaʊ̯sˌfʁɔɪ̯nt/
- [ˈhaʊ̯sˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hausfreund in German?
Hausfreund appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).