Usage Note
Schmutzwäsche is the pile of unwashed clothes awaiting laundering, often kept in a Wäschekorb (laundry basket). It is a feminine mass noun (die Schmutzwäsche) with no plural. The related idiom schmutzige Wäsche waschen means to air one's dirty laundry.
Examples
"Der Wäschekorb war voll Schmutzwäsche nach dem Campingwochenende."
Natural Translation
The laundry basket was full of dirty laundry after the camping weekend.
Literal Translation
The laundry-basket was full-of dirty-laundry after the camping-weekend.
Related Words
- Abfluss drain, plug hole
- Abflussreiniger drain cleaner
- Abzieher squeegee, floor wiper
- Allzweckreiniger all-purpose cleaner, multipurpose cleaner
- Besen broom
- Einzugsreinigung move-in cleaning, pre-tenancy clean
- Entkalkungsmittel descaler, decalcifying agent
- Essigwasser vinegar water (cleaning solution of vinegar and water)
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