Neuter
Heimchen
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) house cricket
- (derogatory, figuratively, neuter, strong) subservient housewife
Concepts
European house cricket
grey cricket
brown cricket
common cricket
bell cricket
Synonyms
echte Grille
Heimchen am Herd
Translations
krekel
grillon
grilo
grill
grillo
Acheta domestica
grillo
کوله
γρύλοςDialects
Basel-Landschaft
muhaimeli
Basel-Landschaft
muhaimli
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaɪ̯mçən/
Etymology
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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