tøffelhelt

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tøffelhelt c (singular definite tøffelhelten, plural indefinite tøffelhelte)

  1. a henpecked husband

Inflection

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