kriminalvårdare

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of kriminal- (“criminal”) +‎ vårdare (“caretaker”).

Noun

kriminalvårdare c

1. A corrections officer.
   • 2023, 22:39 & 36:42 from the start, in Thomas Lindh, John Stark, directors, Fängelseexperimentet Little Scandinavia‎^[1], season 1, episode 3 (Documentary; overall work in English), spoken by P. Connor-Council and M. Tompkins, SVT:

     — Jag har aldrig varit kriminalvårdare.
     […]
     — I maj började min övergång till att bli rådgivare i stället för kriminalvårdare.

     — I have never been an officer.
     […]
     — Back in May started the transistor to become a corrections councillor instead of just a corrections officer.

Declension

Declension of kriminalvårdare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kriminalvårdare	kriminalvårdaren	kriminalvårdare	kriminalvårdarna
Genitive	kriminalvårdares	kriminalvårdarens	kriminalvårdares	kriminalvårdarnas

Related terms

• kriminalvård