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Heimchen.

house cricket

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaɪ̯mçən/

  1. house cricket

    neuter · strong

  2. subservient housewife

    derogatory · figuratively · neuter · strong
    Das Heimchen am Herde von Charles Dickens
Where this word comes from

Heim + -chen. In the figurative sense popularized by the German title of Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth (1845), Das Heimchen am Herde.

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