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

• kroppsstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kroppsstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)