värnplikt

Swedish

Etymology

värna (“to protect, to defend”) +‎ plikt (“duty”), from German Wehrpflicht

Noun

värnplikt c

1. (military) conscription, the draft; a system under which soldiers are drafted from the general (male) population

Declension

Declension of värnplikt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	värnplikt	värnplikts
	definite	värnplikten	värnpliktens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• värnpliktig
• värnpliktskonferens
• värnpliktsvägran

See also

• lumpen

References

• “värnplikt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “värnplikt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “värnplikt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)