ätteklubba

Swedish

Etymology

ätt (“clan, family”) +‎ klubba (“club”). Compare to Norwegian Bokmål ætteklubbe

Noun

ätteklubba c

1. (folklore) a club said to be used for mandatory practice of geronticide some places in Scandinavia until the 19th century

Usage notes

Even if acts of geronticide was reported among Sami people (as a form of euthanasia, not as a mandatory practice) and are also widely known from Swedish fairy tales (as a mandatory practice), the physical examples of this kind of clubs are often considered as hoaxes.

Declension

Declension of ätteklubba

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ätteklubba	ätteklubbas
	definite	ätteklubban	ätteklubbans
plural	indefinite	ätteklubbor	ätteklubbors
	definite	ätteklubborna	ätteklubbornas

See also

• ättestupa