bekämpa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German bekämpfen, equivalent to be- + kämpa. Cognate with Danish bekæmpe, Norwegian Bokmål bekjempe and Dutch bekampen.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
bekämpa (present bekämpar, preterite bekämpade, supine bekämpat, imperative bekämpa)
- to fight and thus (try to) get rid of (something); to combat (something), to fight (something)
- bekämpa fienden
- fight the enemy
- bekämpa människohandel
- combat human trafficking
- Bekämpningsmedel används för att bekämpa insekter
- Pesticides are used to combat insects
- bekämpa halkan med grus och salt
- combat [the] slipperiness with gravel and salt
Usage notes edit
- "Fight down" or "fight away" might provide intuition.
- Idiomatic for pest control.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bekämpa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bekämpa | bekämpas | ||
| Supine | bekämpat | bekämpats | ||
| Imperative | bekämpa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bekämpen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bekämpar | bekämpade | bekämpas | bekämpades |
| Ind. plural1 | bekämpa | bekämpade | bekämpas | bekämpades |
| Subjunctive2 | bekämpe | bekämpade | bekämpes | bekämpades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bekämpande | |||
| Past participle | bekämpad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||