kämpa
See also: kampa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German kempe; see kamp (“struggle”). Compare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kämpa (present kämpar, preterite kämpade, supine kämpat, imperative kämpa)
- to fight
- Riddaren kämpade mot draken
- The knight fought the dragon
- att kämpa för rättvisa villkor
- to fight for fair conditions
- Han kämpade mot cancern
- He battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)
- Kämpa!
- Fight! / Give it all you got!
- to struggle
- Han kämpade med ekonomin
- He struggled with his economy
Usage notes
[edit]Like kamp, kämpa can be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, except often unidiomatic as a translation. As an example, "Kämpa!" (Fight! / Give it all you got!) can be more literally translated as "Struggle!", as in "Put in (maximum) effort!"
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kämpa | kämpas | ||
| supine | kämpat | kämpats | ||
| imperative | kämpa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | kämpen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | kämpar | kämpade | kämpas | kämpades |
| ind. plural1 | kämpa | kämpade | kämpas | kämpades |
| subjunctive2 | kämpe | kämpade | kämpes | kämpades |
| present participle | kämpande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- sträva (“strive”)
References
[edit]- “kämpa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “kämpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “kämpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)