tøffelhelt

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tøfəlhɛlt/, [ˈtˢøfəlˌhɛlˀd̥]

Noun

tøffelhelt c (singular definite tøffelhelten, plural indefinite tøffelhelte)

  1. a henpecked husband

Inflection

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