kampen

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See also: Kampen, kämpen, and Kämpen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch campen, variant of kempen, ultimately from Latin campus (“battlefield”).

Verb

kampen

  1. (intransitive) to struggle, to contend
  2. (intransitive) to deal with, to suffer (from a problem), to cope
    Hij heeft met veel problemen te kampen. -- He has to deal with many problems.
Inflection
Inflection of kampen (weak)
infinitive kampen
past singular kampte
past participle gekampt
infinitive kampen
gerund kampen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kamp kampte
2nd person sing. (jij) kampt kampte
2nd person sing. (u) kampt kampte
2nd person sing. (gij) kampt kampte
3rd person singular kampt kampte
plural kampen kampten
subjunctive sing.1 kampe kampte
subjunctive plur.1 kampen kampten
imperative sing. kamp
imperative plur.1 kampt
participles kampend gekampt
1) Archaic.
Alternative forms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kamp

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kampen

  1. plural of kamp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kampen m

  1. definite singular of kamp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kampen m

  1. definite singular of kamp

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kampen

  1. definite singular of kamp
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