Hauswesen
German, noun/ˈhaʊ̯sˌveːzn̩/
Hauswesen is spelled H-A-U-S-W-E-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauswesen is a German neuter noun meaning “housekeeping, household maintenance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller Arbeiten und Aufgaben, die mit der Führung eines Hauses verbunden sind”.
What does Hauswesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhousekeeping, household maintenance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller Arbeiten und Aufgaben, die mit der Führung eines Hauses verbunden sind
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 Hauswesen
- Hauswesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauswesen?
- /ˈhaʊ̯sˌveːzn̩/
- [ˈhaʊ̯sˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauswesen in German?
Hauswesen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).