hanrej

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Low German hanerei, hanenrey (“cuckold; capon”). First attested in 1624.^[1]

Cognate with German Hahnrei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²hɑːnˌrɛj/, /hanˈrɛj/
Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

hanrej c

a cuckold (man with an unfaithful wife)
Synonym: (obsolete) kukuvall
- 1886 July 6, Sigurd, “Kaleidoskop [Kaleidoscope]”, in Smålandsposten, page 3:
  Någon gång, det är sannt, gör hon honom också till cessionant eller hanrej, men i de fall der så ledsamt händer, ber jag herrskapet god hetsfullt bara titta på "offret," och -- I skolen förlåta henne.
  Sometimes, it is true, she also makes him a cessionary or a cuckold, but in cases where such a sad thing happens, I kindly ask you gentlefolk to look only at the "victim," and -- you shall forgive her.
- 2014 October 30, Nils Schwartz, “Ett ytligt sår [A superficial wound]”, in Expressen:
  Och så är det då kommendanten Doll själv, en överviktig, alkoholiserad, ömklig och sadistisk hanrej som i sina dagboksanteckningar parodierar sig själv med en frispråkig öppenhet som är fullständigt oförenlig med hans gestalt och maktposition.
  And then there is Commandant Doll himself, an overweight, alcoholic, pathetic and sadistic cuckold who, in his diary entries, parodies himself with an outspoken openness that is completely inconsistent with his stature and position of power.
1. a cuck
  - 2022 March 29, Sydsvenskan, page 15:
    Till historien hör att halva Twitter kallade Will Smith för en ”hanrej” […]
    Part of the story is that [to the story belongs that] half of Twitter called Will Smith 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 due to English cuck(old).

Declension

Declension of **hanrej**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hanrej	hanrejs
singular	definite	hanrejen	hanrejens
plural	indefinite	hanrejar	hanrejars
plural	definite	hanrejarna	hanrejarnas

Declension of hanrej

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hanrej	hanrejs
singular	definite	hanrejen	hanrejens
plural	indefinite	hanrejer	hanrejers
plural	definite	hanrejerna	hanrejernas

Related terms

hanreja (“to cuckold; to cuck”)

References

^ hanrej in Svensk ordbok (SO)

[1] rej in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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