Kämpe
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛmpə/
Etymology 1
Modern (18th century) borrowing from Middle Low German kempe, from Old Saxon kempio. The revived word existed also in an Upper German form: Middle High German kempfe, from Old High German kempho. Cognate with German Kampf (“fight”).
Noun
Kämpe m (weak, genitive Kämpen, plural Kämpen)
- (chiefly literary) an experienced fighter (or activist); a warhorse
- Synonym: Haudegen
- Die alten Kämpen des palästinensischen Widerstands haben nur wenig Einfluss auf die radikalisierte Jugend.
- The old warhorses of the Palestinian resistance have but little influence on the radicalized youth.
- 1850, Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, act I:
- Und dich nun frag' ich, Elsa von Brabant! / Willst du, daß hier auf Leben und auf Tod / im Gottesgericht ein Kämpe für dich streite?
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Declension
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