Haushalts

Haushalts is the genitive singular form of the German noun Haushalt and also a productive stem in compounds. The base word Haushalt refers to the management of a household or, in public and organizational contexts, to the financial resources allocated for a specific area. In many texts, Haushalts appears in formal or legal styles as a marker of possession or relating to budgeting.

There are two main senses for the term, depending on context. In private life, der Haushalt means the people living in a home and the activities and resources needed to run a domestic household, including income, expenditures, and routine tasks. In public and organizational contexts, der Staatshaushalt or der Unternehmenshaushalt denotes a budget—an official plan that allocates income and expenditures for a government, department, or program. The genitive form Haushalts is used to attribute something to a household or a budget, as in der Haushalt des Staates or der Haushaltsplan.

Common compound forms using Haushalts as a stem include Haushaltsplan, Haushaltsbudget, Haushaltsjahr, Haushaltsdefizit and Haushaltsstelle. These terms are standard in policy, administration, and business and refer to particular budgets, time periods, or financial items within a plan.

Usage notes: In everyday German, the plain noun Haushalt is more common than the genitive Haushalts in ordinary sentences. Haushalts appears primarily in formal registers and written texts, especially within governmental or corporate documentation. The plural of Haushalt is Haushalte, not Haushalts.