kampen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑm.pə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kam‧pen
- Rhymes: -ɑmpən
- Homophone: Kampen
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch campen, variant of kempen, ultimately from Latin campus (“battlefield”).
Verb
kampen
- (intransitive) to struggle, to contend
- (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
| 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
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kamp
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kampen
- plural of kamp
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
kampen m
- definite singular of kamp
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kampen m
- definite singular of kamp
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
kampen
- definite singular of kamp