värnplikt
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (military) conscription, the draft; a system under which soldiers are drafted from the general (male) population
Etymology
Compound from Swedish värna (protect, defend) + Swedish plikt (duty)derived from German Wehrpflicht.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Wehrpflicht
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pflicht German
- Wehr German
- Wehrpflicht German
- wehrpflichtig German
- plikt Norwegian Bokmål
- verne Norwegian Bokmål
- verneplikt Norwegian Bokmål
- konferens Swedish
- kongress Swedish
- plikt Swedish
- plikttrogen Swedish
- värn Swedish
- värna Swedish
- värnpliktskonferens Swedish
- värnpliktskongress Swedish
- verna Old Norse