straffbar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German strafbar.

Adjective

straffbar (neuter singular straffbart, definite singular and plural straffbare)

  1. punishable

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German strafbar.

Adjective

straffbar (neuter singular straffbart, definite singular and plural straffbare)

  1. punishable

References

Swedish

Etymology

straffa (punish) + -bar (-able)

Adjective

straffbar (not comparable)

  1. punishable
    Att tutta fjutt på ett hus är en straffbar gärning
    To torch a house is a punishable act
  2. (of a person) being criminally liable for their actions, having reached the age of criminal responsibility
    Synonym: (more common in informal speech) straffmyndig

Declension

Inflection of straffbar
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular straffbar
Neuter singular straffbart
Plural straffbara
Masculine plural3 straffbare
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 straffbare
All straffbara
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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