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

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