home sweet home

UK/həʊm swiːt həʊm/US/hoʊm swiːt hoʊm/

interjection

Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. idiomaticExpressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.

    After my work in the City, I like to be at home. What 's the good of a home, if you are never in it? "Home, Sweet Home," that's my motto.

    1892, George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith, chapter 1, in The Diary of a Nobody
nounhome sweet home (plural home sweet homes)

plural home sweet homes

  1. idiomaticOne's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.

Translations

Arabic الْبَيْت السَّعِيد
  • الْبَيْت السَّعِيد (al-bayt as-saʕīd)Nice, comfortable home
Catalan llar, dolça llar
  • llar, dolça llarNice, comfortable home
Esperanto hejmon, dolĉan hejmon
  • hejmon, dolĉan hejmonNice, comfortable home
Estonian kodu armas kodu
  • kodu armas koduNice, comfortable home
Finnish oma koti kullan kallis
  • oma koti kullan kallisNice, comfortable home
French on est bien à la maison, qu'on est bien chez soi
  • on est bien à la maisonNice, comfortable home
  • qu'on est bien chez soiNice, comfortable home
German trautes Heim
  • trautes HeimNice, comfortable home
Greek σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου
  • σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou)Nice, comfortable home
Hungarian otthon, édes otthon
  • otthon, édes otthonNice, comfortable home
Indonesian rumahku surgaku
  • rumahku surgakuNice, comfortable home
Italian casa dolce casa
  • casa dolce casaNice, comfortable home
Japanese ホーム・スイート・ホーム
  • ホーム・スイート・ホーム (hōmu suīto hōmu)Nice, comfortable home
Malay rumahku syurgaku
  • rumahku syurgakuNice, comfortable home
Portuguese lar, doce lar
  • lar, doce larNice, comfortable home
Russian дом, милый дом
  • дом, милый дом (dom, milyj dom)Nice, comfortable home
Spanish hogar, dulce hogar
  • hogar, dulce hogarNice, comfortable home
Swedish hem, ljuva hem
  • hem, ljuva hemNice, comfortable home
Cite this entry
APA

home sweet home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20sweet%20home

MLA

“home sweet home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20sweet%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home sweet home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20sweet%20home.

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