housewife

[US]/ˈhaʊswaɪf/
[UK]/ˈhaʊswaɪf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en kvinne som tar vare på sitt hus, vanligvis ved å styre huset og omsorge for familien.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

the skills of the housewife remain undervalued in society.

Ferdighetene til husfruen blir fortsatt undervurdert i samfunnet.

"That woman, as a housewife, has a lot to put up with."

"Den kvinnen, som husfru, har mye å tåle."

The housewife crushes out juice from oranges.

Husfruen presser saft ut av appelsiner.

She’s a housewife— when she’s not teaching English, that is.

Hun er en husfru – når hun ikke underviser i engelsk, så er hun det ikke.

in a survey more than half the women interviewed hated the label ‘housewife’.

I en undersøkelse hadde mer enn halvparten av de intervjuede kvinnene avmakt for labelen «husfru».

Among them, " escape from prison " " libidinal city " " acedia housewife " wait for popular drama anthology to be belonged to " without card " .

Blant dem, "escape from prison", "libidinal city", "acedia housewife" venter på populære dramantologi tilhører "without card".

Real-world Examples

She wanted nothing more than to be a housewife.

Hun ville ikke noe annet enn å bli hushjøl.

Source: Deadly Women

You're really this donna reed housewife from the '50s?

Er du virkelig denne donna reed-hushjølen fra 1950-tallet?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

This woman is a housewife, and she doesn't bother trying to be beautiful.

Denne kvinnen er en hushjøl, og hun bryr seg ikke om å prøve å bli vakker.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

Housewives cannot do much to enrich the non-staple food.

Hushjøler kan ikke gjøre mye for å forbedre de ikke-grunnleggende matvarene.

Source: A Bite of China Season 1

Many women don't want to be housewives alone.

Mange kvinner vil ikke være hushjøler alene.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

I've heard it from heroes and from housewives.

Jeg har hørt det fra herrer og fra hushjøler.

Source: Anecdotes of celebrities

You were nothing but a housewife when I found you.

Du var ingenting annet enn en hushjøl da jeg fant deg.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

The housewives admired her economy, the patients her politeness, the poor her charity.

Hushjølene beundret hennes økonomi, pasientene hennes høflighet, de fattige hennes velgjernighet.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

Marriage didn't mean that Bly was ready to become a housewife and not work...quite the opposite, in fact.

Bryllupet betydde ikke at Bly var klar til å bli hushjøl og ikke jobbe... akkurat motsatt, faktisk.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

She said she enjoyed life in the IS as a housewife.

Hun sa at hun likte livet i IS som hushjøl.

Source: The Chronicles of Novel Events

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