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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spöstraff	spöstraffet	spöstraff	spöstraffen
Genitive	spöstraffs	spöstraffets	spöstraffs	spöstraffens

See also

• barnaga (“corporal punishment of children”)
• kroppsstraff (“corporal punishment”)
• prygla

References

• spöstraff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spöstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spöstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)