offerrolle

Danish

Etymology

offer (“victim”) +‎ rolle (“role”)

Noun

offerrolle

1. the role of a victim; victimhood
   • 2014, Helene Tegtmeier, Kriminovelle - Det omvendte offer, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

     Han ville også sige at hun skulle arbejde sig ud af det, så hun ikke selv skabte nye ofre med sin mistro, og så hun, vigtigst af alt, ikke fastholdt sin egen offerrolle.

     He would also say that she should work her way out of it, such that she did not create new victims with her distrust, and such that she, most importantly, did not maintain her own victimhood.

   • 2017, Fay Weldon, translated by Lene Gulløv, Store kvinder, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     En mand kan ikke være feminist: han har ikke lidt, som en kvinde har. Han kan ikke kende eller gøre krav på en offerrolle, som han ikke har kendskab til.

     A man cannot be a feminist: he has not suffered as a woman has. He cannot know or claim a victim-role of which he has no knowledge.

   • 2009, Prøveoplæg Til Kulturfagene, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 28:

     "Mænd ønsker ikke at se sig selv i offerrollen. Det traditionelle maskuline væsen er robust, stabilt, kontrollerende og handlende. Hvis han går ind og piver over en reklame, så sætter han sin mandighed på spil.

     "Men do not want to see themselves in the role of the victim. The traditional masculine being is robust, stable, controlling and acting. If he whines about a commercial, he jeopardizes his masculinity.

Declension

Declension of offerrolle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	offerrolle	offerrollen	offerroller	offerrollerne
genitive	offerrolles	offerrollens	offerrollers	offerrollernes