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
  • Is Barlow trading being a housewife for Ben Affleck movie promo?
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
  • What was the reason behind the shift, and which new housewife has stood out to you?
    Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That’s certainly what the Holland trailer feels like, putting Nicole Kidman at the center of a paranoid satire about a seemingly picture-perfect Michigan homemaker whose husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is up to … something.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Nicole Kidman sees her life as a perfect teacher and homemaker in Holland, Michigan, unravel in the official trailer for Holland, which dropped on Tuesday.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Many are the children of immigrants who work or worked as nannies, caregivers to the elderly, housekeepers and gardeners.
    Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Her relationships with her father, godmother and confidante, Lizzie, who is a housekeeper for the Murray family, are wonderfully well-written.
    The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Hausfrau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hausfrau. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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