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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kroppsstraff kroppsstraffet kroppsstraff kroppsstraffen
Genitive kroppsstraffs kroppsstraffets kroppsstraffs kroppsstraffens

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

References
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