"poorhouse" in German poorhouse Armenhaus Detailed translations for "poorhouse" poorhouse poorhouse(also: poor house, almshouse) das Armenhaus{neuter} Both of us may have been born for the poorhouse but we're not the kind to like it. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Wir mögen beide fürs Armenhaus geschaffen sein, aber es gefällt uns nicht.