värnplikt

== Swedish == === Etymology === värna (“to protect, to defend”) +‎ plikt (“duty”), from German Wehrpflicht === Noun === värnplikt c (military) conscription, the draft; a system under which soldiers are drafted from the general (male) population ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== värnpliktig värnpliktskonferens värnpliktsvägran ==== See also ==== lumpen === References === “värnplikt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “värnplikt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “värnplikt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)