homestead

Gehöft, Hofstelle

Ein Haus mit dem umliegenden Land und den dazugehörigen Gebäuden, besonders auf einem Bauernhof.

In einfachem Englisch: A house and the land and buildings around it, especially on a farm.

• Their homestead includes a small barn.
• We visited the family homestead in the hills.
• Several abandoned homesteads stood along the valley.

Synonyme: farmstead

Häufige Wendungen: family homestead, old homestead, rural homestead

Siedlerland, Siedlerparzelle

Land, das der Staat in Nordamerika Siedlern zum Wohnen und Bewirtschaften gab.

In einfachem Englisch: Land given by the government to settlers in North America for them to live on and farm.

• The family claimed a homestead in Canada.
• Their homestead covered 160 acres of prairie.
• Settlers had to cultivate their homesteads to secure ownership.

Synonyme: land grant

Häufige Wendungen: claim a homestead, prairie homestead, homestead grant

Heim, Zuhause

Der Ort, an dem jemand lebt und sich zu Hause fühlt.

In einfachem Englisch: The place where a person lives and feels at home.

• He longed to return to his homestead.
• Her childhood homestead stood at the end of the lane.
• They welcomed us into their modest homestead.

Synonyme: home, dwelling

Häufige Wendungen: ancestral homestead, beloved homestead, someone’s homestead

Familiengehöft

Eine Gruppe von Häusern, in denen die Mitglieder einer Großfamilie leben.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of houses where members of one large family live.

• Three generations share this homestead.
• Each household has its own house within the homestead.
• The village consists of several large family homesteads.

Synonyme: family compound

Häufige Wendungen: family homestead, traditional homestead, homestead courtyard

sich ansiedeln, Land besiedeln

Land erwerben oder sich darauf niederlassen, um ein Zuhause und einen Bauernhof aufzubauen.

In einfachem Englisch: To acquire land or settle on it to establish a home and farm.

• The family homesteaded in the valley.
• They planned to homestead on land near the river.
• Her grandparents homesteaded forty acres and built a cabin.

So benutzt man es: homestead on something (They decided to homestead on the prairie.)

Synonyme: settle

Häufige Wendungen: homestead on land, homestead the land

sich aneignen

Eigentümer einer begrenzten Ressource werden, die niemandem gehört, indem man sie in Gebrauch nimmt.

In einfachem Englisch: To gain ownership of a limited resource that belongs to nobody by taking it into use.

• The theory allows people to homestead unowned resources.
• She argued that using the land had homesteaded it.
• Can someone homestead a scarce resource without excluding others?

Synonyme: appropriate, claim

Häufige Wendungen: homestead a resource, homestead unowned property