einhäusigen

Einhausigen is a German adjective form used to describe housing, settlements, or social structures that are characterized by a single dwelling or one household per unit. The term derives from ein- (one) and Haus (house) with the common suffix -ig, yielding a meaning related to “having one house” or “single-household.” It appears primarily in academic or historical texts rather than everyday speech.

In usage, einhäusigen is typically attached to nouns to indicate single-household conditions, for example einhäusige Siedlungen (single-house settlements) or einhäusige Haushalte (single-household households). The expression is most common in fields such as demography, regional history, archaeology, and housing policy, where contrasting single-household formations with multi-household or multi-family forms is important for analysis. In everyday German, people more often refer to single-family homes or to the distinction between Ein- und Mehrfamilienhäuser.

Grammar and variants: einhäusigen is an inflected form of the adjective einhäusig/einhausig. Its ending changes with gender, number, and case, so you will encounter forms such as einhäusige Siedlungen (nominative plural) or mit einhäusigen Haushalten (dative plural). The base adjective is relatively rare outside specialized contexts, and many readers will instead encounter the more common phrasing “Ein- und Mehrfamilienhäuser” or other descriptive circumscriptions in non-academic writing.

See also: Ein- und Mehrfamilienhäuser, Einfamilienhaus, Mehrfamilienhaus, housing typology.