kroppsstraff

Swedish

Etymology

From kropp (“body”) +‎ -s- +‎ straff (“punishment”).

Noun

kroppsstraff n

  1. corporal punishment

Usage notes

Chiefly historical or of (judicial) corporal punishment in other countries.

Declension

Declension of kroppsstraff
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kroppsstraff kroppsstraffs
definite kroppsstraffet kroppsstraffets
plural indefinite kroppsstraff kroppsstraffs
definite kroppsstraffen kroppsstraffens

See also

  • barnaga (“corporal punishment of children”)
  • spöstraff (“whipping, flogging, caning”)

References

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