See also: Kampen, kämpen, and Kämpen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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kampen

  1. (intransitive) to struggle, to contend
  2. (intransitive) to deal with, to suffer (from a problem), to cope [with met ‘with’]
    Hij heeft met veel problemen te kampen. -- He has to deal with many problems.
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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, kamp2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Alternative forms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kamp

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kampen

  1. plural of kamp

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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kampen m

  1. definite singular of kamp

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kampen m

  1. definite singular of kamp

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kampen

  1. definite singular of kamp