toffelhjälte
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
toffelhjälte c
- a husband who plays a subordinate role in a marriage; an uxorious husband; a henpecked man
- Synonym: toffel
Declension edit
| Declension of toffelhjälte | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | toffelhjälte | toffelhjälten | toffelhjältar | toffelhjältarna |
| Genitive | toffelhjältes | toffelhjältens | toffelhjältars | toffelhjältarnas |