Pantoffelheld
German, noun[panˈtɔfl̩ˌhɛlt]
Pantoffelheld is spelled P-A-N-T-O-F-F-E-L-H-E-L-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pantoffelheld is a German masculine noun meaning “a henpecked guy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ehemann, der sich von seiner Ehefrau beherrschen lässt und im häuslichen Bereich keinerlei Einfluss ausüben…”.
What does Pantoffelheld mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinea henpecked guy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ehemann, der sich von seiner Ehefrau beherrschen lässt und im häuslichen Bereich keinerlei Einfluss ausüben kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Pantoffelheld
- Pantoffelhelden genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pantoffelheld?
- [panˈtɔfl̩ˌhɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pantoffelheld
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pantoffelheld in German?
Pantoffelheld appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).