tøffelhelt

Danish

Etymology

From tøffel (slipper) + helt (hero), derived from the phrase under tøflen (henpecked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tøfəlhɛlˀt/, [ˈtˢøfl̩ˌhɛlˀd̥]

Noun

tøffelhelt c (singular definite tøffelhelten, plural indefinite tøffelhelte)

  1. a henpecked husband

Inflection

References

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