pantoffelheld

19th century. Borrowed from German Pantoffelheld, equivalent to pantoffel (“house slipper”) +‎ held (“hero”).

• IPA^(key): /pɑnˈtɔ.fəlˌɦɛlt/

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• Hyphenation: pan‧tof‧fel‧held

pantoffelheld m (plural pantoffelhelden, diminutive pantoffelheldje n or pantoffelheldeke n)

1. antihero, especially a henpecked one who merely talks the talk

   Nero, het hersenkind van Marc Sleen, heeft wat van een pantoffelheld, heroïsch tegen heug en meug!

   Nero, the brain child of Marc Sleen, has some traits of an antihero, being heroic against his own will.