spöstraff

Swedish

Etymology

From spö (“whip used for corporal punishment”) +‎ straff (“punishment”).

Noun

spöstraff n

1. flagellation as corporal punishment; whipping, flogging, caning

Usage notes

Chiefly historical or of (judicial) corporal punishment in other countries.

Declension

Declension of spöstraff

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spöstraff	spöstraffs
	definite	spöstraffet	spöstraffets
plural	indefinite	spöstraff	spöstraffs
	definite	spöstraffen	spöstraffens

See also

• barnaga (“corporal punishment of children”)
• kroppsstraff (“corporal punishment”)
• prygla

References

• spöstraff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spöstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spöstraff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)