Kamp

See also: kamp

Dutch

Proper noun

Kamp

1. a surname

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German kamp, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon kamp, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin campus. Thus originally the same word as Kampf (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamp/

Noun

Kamp m (genitive Kamps, plural Kämpe)

1. (archaic or dialectal, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) piece of land; field; grassland

Usage notes

• The word is very common in placenames in northern Germany.

Derived terms

• kampieren

Related terms

• Camp
• Kämpe

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz. Cognate with German Kamm, Dutch kam, English comb, Icelandic kambur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamp/, [kɑmp]

Noun

Kamp m (plural Kämm)

1. comb

Related terms

• kämmen