kampen

See also: Kampen, kämpen, and Kämpen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑm.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kam‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɑmpən
  • Homophone: Kampen

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 [+ met (with)]
    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 kampkampte
2nd person sing. (jij) kamptkampte
2nd person sing. (u) kamptkampte
2nd person sing. (gij) kamptkampte
3rd person singular kamptkampte
plural kampenkampten
subjunctive sing.1 kampekampte
subjunctive plur.1 kampenkampten
imperative sing. kamp
imperative plur.1 kampt
participles kampendgekampt
1) Archaic.
Alternative forms
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

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Noun

kampen

  1. definite singular of kamp
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