spöstraff

Swedish

Etymology

From spö (“whip used for corporal punishment”) +‎ straff (“punishment”).

Noun

spöstraff n

  1. flagellation as corporal punishment; whipping, flogging, caning

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of spöstraff
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spöstraff spöstraffs
definite spöstraffet spöstraffets
plural indefinite spöstraff spöstraffs
definite spöstraffen spöstraffens

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