tøffel

See also: toffel

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German tuffel, shortened from pantuffel, from Medieval Latin pantofla, the first element probably from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”). See also Italian pantofola (“slipper, shoe”), French pantoufle.

Noun

tøffel m (definite singular tøffelen, indefinite plural tøfler, definite plural tøflene)

  1. (footwear) a slipper
  2. (informal) a henpecked husband
    under tøffelen - henpecked, under the thumb

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tøffel m (definite singular tøffelen, indefinite plural tøfler, definite plural tøflene)

  1. (footwear) a slipper
  2. (informal) a henpecked husband
    under tøffelen - henpecked, under the thumb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tøffel m (definite singular tøffelen, indefinite plural tøflar, definite plural tøflane)

  1. (footwear) a slipper
  2. (informal) a henpecked husband
    under tøffelen - henpecked, under the thumb
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