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

See also

• toffla

References

• toffelhjälte in Svensk ordbok (SO)