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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	toffelhjälte	toffelhjältes
	definite	toffelhjälten	toffelhjältens
plural	indefinite	toffelhjältar	toffelhjältars
	definite	toffelhjältarna	toffelhjältarnas

See also

• toffla

References

• toffelhjälte in Svensk ordbok (SO)