nävrätt
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Faustrecht, equivalent to näve (“fist”) + rätt (“law; right; justice”). Cognate with Danish næveret and Norwegian neverett.
Noun
[edit]nävrätt c
- club law (rule by force and the principle that might makes right)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of nävrätt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | nävrätt | nävrätten | — | — |
| Genitive | nävrätts | nävrättens | — | — |