kamp – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of kamp

Noun: kamp
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.kamp
Sg. Def.kampen
Pl. Indef.kamper
Pl. Def.kamperna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.kamps
Sg. Def.kampens
Pl. Indef.kampers
Pl. Def.kampernas

Sample Sentences

  • en jämn och hård kamp mellan två lag (a close and tough fight between two teams)
  • riddarens kamp mot draken (the knight's fight against the dragon)
  • en väpnad kamp (an armed struggle)
  • deras långa kamp för rättvisa (their long struggle for justice)
  • Att ta sig upp för den branta backen var en riktig kamp (Getting up the steep hill was a real struggle)
  • hennes kamp mot sjukdomen (her battle (idiomatically) against the disease (strid (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here))
  • en kamp mot klockan (a race against time / a race against the clock ("a struggle/fight against the clock" – idiomatic))
  • en maktkamp (a power struggle)

Etymology

From Low German kempe, from Middle Low German kamp, from Latin campus (“battlefield”). See: Latin Nouns 'campus'.

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