toffelhjälte

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of toffel (“slipper”) +‎ hjälte (“hero”). From the expression stå under toffeln (“to be completely subordinate to one’s wife”, literally “to stand under the slipper”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²tɔfɛlˌjɛltɛ/

Noun

toffelhjälte c

  1. a husband who plays a subordinate role in a marriage; an uxorious husband; a henpecked man
    Synonym: toffel

Declension
Declension of toffelhjälte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative toffelhjälte toffelhjälten toffelhjältar toffelhjältarna
Genitive toffelhjältes toffelhjältens toffelhjältars toffelhjältarnas

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