Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
home | home- |
WordReference English-German Dictionary © 2026:
| at home adv | (in own house) | zu Hause Adv |
| | | zuhause Adv |
| | I left my wallet at home. |
| | Ich habe meinen Geldbeutel zu Hause vergessen. |
| at home adv | (sport: in own ground) (Sport) | Heim- Präf |
| | The team have never lost at home. |
| | Die Mannschaft hat noch kein Heimspiel verloren. |
at home,
at-home adj | (in own house) | Haus- Präf |
| | | in den eigenen vier Wänden Rdw |
| | Josie is hoping to have an at-home birth. |
| | Josie hofft, sie kann eine Hausgeburt vollziehen. |
| at-home n | US (reception in own house) | Zuhause Nn |
| | Charles is hosting an at-home in his new apartment. |
| back home adv | informal (in your town or country of origin) | zu Hause Präp + Nn |
| | | daheim Adv |
| | Doris missed her life back home in Australia. |
| back home adv | (to your house again) | nach Hause Präp + Nn |
| | Steve drove us back home after the party. |
| bring [sb] home v expr | informal (introduce to parents) | jmdn seinen Eltern vorstellen VP |
| | (übertragen) | jmdn mit nach Hause bringen Rdw |
| | We're nervous because she's bringing her boyfriend home tonight. |
| bring [sth] home to [sb] v expr | (with object: make clear) | jmdm [etw] bewusst machen Adj + Vt |
| | My car accident really brought home to me the importance of wearing a seat belt. |
| bring home to [sb] that v expr | (with clause: make clear) | jemandem klar machen, dass Rdw |
| | | jemandem erklären, dass Vt + Konj |
| | Being ill really brought home to me that friends and family are the most important thing in life. |
| bring home the bacon v expr | figurative, informal (support family) | Geld mit nach Hause bringen Rdw |
| | | die Familie unterstützen Rdw |
| | (übertragen) | die Brötchen verdienen Rdw |
| | Dean was glad to graduate so he could finally help bring home the bacon. |
| bring home the bacon v expr | figurative, informal (be successful) | es schaffen Pron + Vt |
| | With his second company making huge profits this year, Jaden is really bringing home the bacon. |
| broken home n | (family: parents separated) | als Scheidungskind Konj + Nn |
| | | mit getrennten Eltern Rdw |
| | My parents divorced when I was a baby, so I grew up in a broken home. |
| care home n | (assisted living facility) | Pflegeheim Nn |
| | | betreutes Wohnen Adj + Nn |
| children's home n | (care institution for minors) | Kinderheim, Heim Nn |
| | | Waisenhaus Nn |
| close to home expr | figurative (affecting [sb] personally) | jmdm nahegehen Vi, sepa |
| | (übertragen) | jmdm an die Nieren gehen Rdw |
| | I was upset by the film; the issues raised in it were very close to home. |
| close to home expr | (locally) | in der Nähe Rdw |
| | | regional Adj |
| | | lokal Adj |
| | I like to shop close to home to support local businesses. |
| come home v expr | (return to your home) | heimkommen Vi, sepa |
| | | nach Hause kommen VP |
| | | nach Hause zurückkehren VP |
| | Come straight home after school today, young man! |
| | Finn's parents were anxious when he failed to come home after going to the pub with his friends. |
| | After living abroad for so many years, it was strange to come home to my native land. |
| down-home adj | US, informal (simple, rural) | einfach, schlicht Adj |
| drive [sb] home vtr + adv | (take [sb] home in car) | heimfahren Vt, sepa |
| | | jmdn nach Hause fahren VP |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | (propel into place) (informell) | reinschlagen Vt, sepa |
| | | einschlagen Vt, sepa |
| | | hineinschlagen Vt, sepa |
| | A sharp blow of the hammer drove the nail home. |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | figurative (instil or impress the truth of [sth]) | jmdm [etw] bewusst machen Adj + Vt |
| | (übertragen) | jmdn [etw] nochmal vor Augen halten Rdw |
| | | jmdm [etw] klar machen Adj + Vt |
| | My dad's funeral really drove home the fact that he was gone forever. |
| feel right at home v expr | informal, figurative (be comfortable) | sich wohlfühlen Vr, sepa |
| | (übertragen) | sich wie zu Hause fühlen Rdw |
| | This is such a welcoming village - I feel right at home here. |
| foster home n | (child's temporary home) | Pflegeheim Nn |
| | Before being adopted she spent three years in a foster home. |
| from home adv | (away from where one lives) | von Zuhause weg Rdw |
| | | von Zuhause entfernt Rdw |
| | It was beginning to snow and I was still an hour from home. |
funeral home,
funeral parlor (US),
funeral parlour (UK),
funeral chapel n | (mortuary: burials and cremations) | Bestattungsunternehmen Nn |
| | | Bestattungsinstitut Nn |
| | The family of the deceased asked for any floral tributes to be sent to the funeral home. |
| get home vi | (arrive at one's house) | heimkommen Vi, sepa |
| | | nach Hause kommen VP |
| | I just got home from work. |
| | Call me when you get home. |
| | Ich bin gerade erst heimgekommen. |
| | Rufe mich an, sobald du nach Hause gekommen bist. |
| go home v expr | (to house) | nach Hause gehen VP |
| | | heim gehen Adv + Vi |
| | The party's over, it's time to go home. |
| | Die Feier ist vorbei, es ist Zeit, nach Hause zu gehen. |
| go home v expr | (to country) | in die Heimat gehen VP |
| | | nach Hause gehen VP |
| | Lisa had spent five years working overseas and was looking forward to going home. |
| | Lisa hatte fünf Jahre im Ausland gearbeitet und freute sich, jetzt wieder in die Heimat zu gehen. |
| hit close to home v expr | figurative (affect [sb] personally) | ins Schwarze treffen Rdw |
| | | jmdn persönlich betreffen Adj + Vt |
| | Even though he wasn't talking about me, the speaker's comments about being sympathetic to your children hit close to home. |
| hit home vtr + n | informal, figurative (make impact) | jemandem wirklich bewusst werden Rdw |
| | | zu jemandem durchdringen Rdw |
| | | ins Schwarze treffen Rdw |
| | The extent of Ruth's weight problem really hit home when she saw a picture of herself on a night out. |
| home address n | (address of where you live) | Wohnadresse, Adresse Nf |
| home and dry expr | UK, informal (having achieved your goal) (übertragen) | in trockenen Tüchern Rdw |
| | | abgeschlossen Adj |
| | | beendet Adj |
home base,
home plate n | (baseball: home plate) (Anglizismus) | Home Plate Nn |
| | (Anglizismus) | Home Base Nf |
| | A pitcher must throw the ball over home base for it to be declared a 'strike'. |
| home base n | (headquarters, center of action) | Zentrale Nf |
| | | Hauptquartier Nn |
| | | Heimatstandort Nm |
| home base n | (games: destination, objective) | Ziel Nn |
| | In this game, home base is a large yellow square at the center of the board. |
home brew,
homebrew n | (beer: home-produced) | selbst gebrautes Bier Rdw |
| | | selbst gemachtes Bier Rdw |
| | Peter had made some home brew which we drank together. |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n | (alcoholic drink made at home) | selbstgebrautes Getränk Adj + Nn |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n as adj | US, informal, figurative (made at home) | selbst gebraut Pron + V Part Perf |
| | | selbst gemacht Pron + V Part Perf |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n | Can, informal (athlete born in Canada) | in Kanada geborener Sportler Rdw |
| | | in Kanada geborene Sportlerin Rdw |
| home brewery n | (beer-making kit) | Heimbrauerei Nf |
| home center n | US (large store) | Baumarkt Nm |
home construction,
house construction n | (building a house) | Hausbau Nm |
| | | Wohnungsbau Nm |
| Home Counties npl | UK (counties surrounding London) | Bezirke um London Rdw |
| | | Grafschaften bei London Rdw |
| home economics n | (school: cookery, textiles, etc.) | Hauswirtschaft Nf |
| | | Hauswirtschaftslehre Nf |
| | (Fachbegriff) | Ökotrophologie Nf |
| | Home economics was only required for young women when I was a child; but it was the boys who needed it the most. |
| home free adj | informal (sure of safety, success) | geschafft V Part Perf |
| | | erledigt V Part Perf |
| home fries npl | US (pan-fried potatoes) | Bratkartoffeln Npl |
| home front n | (war: civilian involvement) | Heimatfront Nf |
| | Those working in factories on the home front were a huge part of the war effort. |
| home furnishings npl | (furniture, décor for house) | Einrichtung Nf |
| | | Möbel Npl |
| | (formell) | Innenausstattung Nf |
| | Your choice of home furnishings says a lot about you to your visitors. |
| home group n | (school: main class group) | Klasse Nf |
home improvement (US),
do-it-yourself (UK) n | US (do-it-yourself) | Heimwerken Nn |
| | After he retired and had time to spare, Bob got into home improvement. |
| | The problem with do-it-yourself is that people often make mistakes and need to hire a professional later. |
| | Als er in den Ruhestand ging und Zeit hatte, fing Bob mit dem Heimwerken an. |
| home interiors npl | (décor, room design) | Raumausstattung Nf |
| | | Raumgestaltung Nf |
| home office n | (working area in one's house) | Heimbüro Nn |
| | | Heimarbeitsplatz Nm |
| | She shut the door to her home office to drown out the kids' noise. |
home page,
homepage n | (home: website's introductory page) (Anglizismus) | Homepage Nf |
| | (vage) | Webseite Nf |
| | Click here to return to our home page. |
| home plate n | (baseball: batter's station) (Anglizismus) | Home Base Nf |
| | | Schlagmal Nn |
| | A pitcher must throw the ball over home plate for it to be declared a "strike.". |
home rule,
Home Rule n | (self-government) | Selbstverwaltung Nf |
| | (vage) | Unabhängigkeit Nf |
| | (vage, gehoben) | Autonomie Nf |
| | Greenland achieved home rule in 1979. |
| home run n | (baseball: run scored by batter on single hit) (Anglizismus) | Home Run Nm |
| | The batter hit a home run and began his ceremonial trot around the bases. |
| | Der Schlagmann erzielte einen Home Run und begann den üblichen Sturmlauf um die Basis. |
| Home Secretary n | UK (minister for immigration and security) | Innenminister Nm |
| | | Innenministerin Nf |
| | The new Home Secretary has addressed a conference of chief police officers. |
| home staging n | (presenting property for sale) (Anglizismus) | Home Staging Nn |
| Home sweet home. expr | (preference for own home) | trautes Heim Adj + Nn |
| | | trautes Heim Glück allein Rdw |
home theater (US),
home cinema (UK) n | (room with big-screen TV setup) | Heimkino Nn |
| | Watching TV in their new home theater felt like being at the movies. |
| home to expr | (place [sb/sth] is based) | Heimat Nf |
| | | Heimatsort Nm |
| | | Zuhause Nn |
| | North Carolina is home to many companies, including Bank of America. |
| home town n | (town or city where one grew up) | Heimatstadt Nf |
| | Linda had not been back to her home town of Sydney for many years. |
| home town n | (town or city where one lives) | Wohnort Nm |
| | Pinehurst residents have plenty of reasons to be proud of their hometown. |
| home truth n | informal, often plural ([sth] hard to acknowledge) | bittere Wahrheit Adj + Nf |
| | One of us needs to tell Joey some home truths: if he doesn't start studying, he's going to flunk his exams. |
| home wrecker n | ([sb] whose lover is married) | [jmd] der eine Ehe kaputt macht Rdw |
| | This is the third married man she´s dated. She´s such a home wrecker. |
home-baked,
home baked adj | (food: made at home) | selbstgebacken Adj |
| | | hausgebacken Adj |
| home-bred adj | (from [sb]'s own country) | Lands- Präf |
| | | heimisch Adj |
| home-brewed adj | (beverage: made at home) | selbst gebraut Pron + V Part Perf |
| home-brewed adj | figurative (not professionally made) | selbst gemacht Pron + V Part Perf |
| home-school [sb]⇒ vtr | (teach at home) | jmdn zu Hause unterrichten VP |
| Anmerkung: In Deutschland besteht die Schulpflicht. Homeschooling ist nicht gestattet. |
| | Private schools were expensive and public ones were dangerous so she decided to home-school her children. |
homebody,
home-lover,
also UK: homebird n | informal (domestic person) | Stubenhocker Nm |
| | | Heimchen Nn |
| | Joanne rarely goes out in the evenings; she is more of a homebody. |
homebrewing,
home brewing,
home-brewing n | (at-home beer making) | Hausbrauen Nn |
| | | Hobbybrauen Nn |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | (grown at home) | selbst angebaut Part + Adj |
| | | im eigenen Garten angebaut Rdw |
| | | aus dem Garten Rdw |
| | The family ate turkey and homegrown vegetables at Thanksgiving dinner. |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | (grown locally) | vor Ort angebaut Rdw |
| | | örtlich angebaut Adj + Adj |
| | | lokal angebaut Adj + Adj |
| | You can buy homegrown vegetables at the local farmers' market. |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | figurative (native, local) | heimisch Adj |
| | | einheimisch Adj |
| | | von hier Präp + Adv |
| | Renren is China's homegrown version of Facebook. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (made at home, handmade) | selbstgemacht V Part Perf |
| | | hausgemacht V Part Perf |
| | Home-made cakes always taste better than factory-made ones. |
| | Selbstgemachte Plätzchen schmecken immer besser als gekaufte. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (made by self) | selbstgemacht V Part Perf |
| | It looked to me like his furniture was all homemade. |
| | Für mich sah es aus, als seien seine ganzen Möbel selbstgemacht. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (makeshift) | selbstgemacht V Part Perf |
| | The boys raced down the hill in their homemade go-kart. |
| | Die Jungs düsten den Hügel, in einem selbstgemachten Go-Kart, runter. |
homeroom,
home room n | US (school: room) | Klassenzimmer Nn |
| | | Klassenraum Nm |
| | Can you tell me where I can find my homeroom? |
homeschooling,
home schooling n | (educating children at home) | Hausunterricht, Heimunterricht Nm |
| | Homeschooling enables our daughter to learn at her own pace. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | (end section of a race track) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | | Endspurt Nm |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | (final stages of race or journey) | letzter Meter Adj + Nm |
| | (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | As they approached the home stretch, the two runners engaged in a thrilling race to the finish line. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) (übertragen) | Endpsurt Nm |
| | (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | (übertragen) | letzten Meter Pron + Npl |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | | letzter Abschnitt Adj + Nm |
| | This project has taken almost two years of hard work by the team, but we are now in the home stretch. |
household appliance,
domestic appliance,
home appliance n | (device used in the home) | Haushaltsgerät Nn |
| leave home v expr | (move out of family house) | von zu Hause ausziehen Rdw |
| | (literarisch) | das Elternhaus verlassen Rdw |
| | She left home at 17 to go to university in another province. |
| make [sb] feel at home v expr | (be welcoming) | jmdm das Gefühl geben zu Hause zu sein VP |
| | | sich bei jmdm wie zu Hause fühlen VP |
| make yourself at home v expr | informal (settle in) | sich wie zu Hause fühlen Rdw |
| | | es sich gemütlich machen Rdw |
| | Please come in and make yourself at home! |
| | Komm herein und fühle dich wie zu Hause! |
| make yourself at home interj | (welcome!) | sich wie zu Hause fühlen Rdw |
| | | es sich gemütlich machen Rdw |
| | We're not very formal around here - just make yourself at home! |
| | Wir sind nicht steif - fühle dich einfach wie zu Hause! |
mobile home,
house trailer n | (trailer used as permanent residence) (ugs) | Wohnmobil Nn |
| | | Wohnwagen Nm |
| | While we were saving up to buy a house, we rented a mobile home on the outskirts of town. |
| motor home n | (vehicle with living quarters) | Wohnmobil Nn |
| nothing to write home about expr | figurative, informal (unremarkable) | nicht der Rede wert Rdw |
| | | nichts besonderes Rdw |
| | I enjoyed his last film, but this new one is nothing to write home about. |
| nursing home n | (residential care for the elderly) | Altersheim Nn |
| | | Pflegeheim Nn |
| | | Altenheim Nn |
| | Veronica visits her mother in the nursing home every Sunday. |
| | Veronica besucht ihren Mutter jeden Sonntag im Altersheim. |
plate,
home plate,
home base n | (baseball) | Batter's box Nf |
| | The runner slid into the plate to score the winning run. |
| rest home n | (care facility for the elderly) | Pflegeheim Nn |
| | | Altersheim Nn |
| | Jim had to move into a rest home because he couldn't cope on his own any more. |
| retirement home n | (care facility for elderly people) | Altersheim Nn |
| | | Altenheim Nn |
| | | Seniorenheim Nn |
| | Every weekend I visit my grandmother in the retirement home. |
| second home n | (house owned as secondary residence) | Zweitwohnsitz Nm |
| | (Apartment) | Zweitwohnung Nf |
| | The family has a second home in a small village in the countryside. |