/ˈɕɛm.pa/
UrsprungCompare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe
- 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)
- to struggle
“Han kämpade med ekonomin” — He struggled with his economy
Formerkämpar(present) · kämpade(preterite) · kämpat(supine) · kämpa(imperative) · kämpa(active, infinitive) · kämpas(infinitive, passive) · kämpat(active, supine) · kämpats(passive, supine) · kämpa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kämpen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · kämpar(active, indicative, present) · kämpade(active, indicative, past) · kämpas(indicative, passive, present) · kämpades(indicative, passive, past) · kämpa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kämpade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · kämpas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · kämpades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)