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Swedish
Etymology
Compare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe
Pronunciation
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Verb
kämpa (present kämpar, preterite kämpade, supine kämpat, imperative kämpa)
- to fight
Riddaren kämpade mot draken- The knight fought the dragon
att kämpa för rättvisa villkor- to fight for fair conditions
Han kämpade mot cancern- He battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)
Kämpa!- Fight! / Give it all you got!
- to struggle
Han kämpade med ekonomin- He struggled with his economy
Usage notes
Like kamp, kämpa can be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, except often unidiomatic as a translation. As an example, "Kämpa!" (Fight! / Give it all you got!) can be more literally translated as "Struggle!", as in "Put in (maximum) effort!"
Conjugation
Conjugation of kämpa (weak)
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