värnplikt
Swedish
Etymology
värna (“to protect, to defend”) + plikt (“duty”), from German Wehrpflicht
Noun
värnplikt c
- (military) conscription, the draft; a system under which soldiers are drafted from the general (male) population
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | värnplikt | värnplikts |
| definite | värnplikten | värnpliktens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
- värnpliktig
- värnpliktskonferens
- värnpliktsvägran