hanrej

== Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German hanerei, hanenrey (“cuckold; capon”). First attested in 1624. Compare with German Hahnrei, from the same source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²hɑːnˌrɛj/, /hanˈrɛj/ Rhymes: -ɛj === Noun === hanrej c a cuckold (man with an unfaithful wife) Synonym: (obsolete) kukuvall a cuck (slang) a cuck (someone (usually a man) aroused by sexual infidelity in their partner) ==== Usage notes ==== Tongue-in-cheek in (sense 2), sounding old-fashioned otherwise. Has seen a resurgence as a word in general as a translation of English cuck(old). ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== hanreja (“to cuckold; to cuck”) === References === “hanrej”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hanrej”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Fula Ordboken