Laufhaus
German, noun/ˈlaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s/
Laufhaus is spelled L-A-U-F-H-A-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laufhaus is a German neuter noun meaning “brothel (house of prostitution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gebäude, in dem verschiedene Prostituierte Zimmer gemietet haben, vor oder in denen sie sich vorbeikommenden…”.
What does Laufhaus mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbrothel (house of prostitution)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gebäude, in dem verschiedene Prostituierte Zimmer gemietet haben, vor oder in denen sie sich vorbeikommenden Freiern präsentieren
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 Laufhaus
- Laufhauses genitive
- Laufhäuser plural
- Laufhause dative singular
- Laufhäusern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Laufhaus?
- /ˈlaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s/
- [ˈlaʊ̯fˌhaʊ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Laufhaus in German?
Laufhaus appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).