Danish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tøffelhelt c (singular definite tøffelhelten, plural indefinite tøffelhelte)

  1. a henpecked husband

Inflection edit

References edit