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kamp

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English

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Etymology

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Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kamp (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, of males) homosexual
  2. (New Zealand, historical) lesbian (in Maori communities)
    • 1990, Julia Penelope, Sarah Valentine, Finding the Lesbians: Personal Accounts from Around the World, page 74:
      Finally we found the Western Park, a scungy unpopular pub then, which agreed to allow kamp girls to drink there.
    • 1992, Stephan Likosky, Coming Out, page 264:
      It was 1961 and the kamp girls' scene had grown larger. Many Maori had begun moving to the cities, and among them were not only many more Maori drag queens but also Maori kamp girls.

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch kamp, from Middle French camp, from Latin campus (“open space; field”).

Noun

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kamp (plural kampe)

  1. camp

Etymology 2

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From Dutch kampen, from Middle Dutch kempen.

Verb

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kamp (present kamp, present participle kampende, past participle gekamp)

  1. (intransitive) to suffer (from a problem), to deal with

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kamp, from Latin campus.

Noun

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kamp c (singular definite kampen, plural indefinite kampe)

  1. battle, struggle (violent)
    i kampens hede
    in the heat of battle
  2. endeavour, struggle (non-violent)
    Vi støtter deres kamp for lige rettigheder.
    We support their struggle for equal rights.
  3. game, match (of e.g. ball games)
    De har ikke vundet en kamp siden 2003.
    They haven't won a match since 2003.

Declension

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Declension of kamp
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kamp kampen kampe kampene
genitive kamps kampens kampes kampenes

Further reading

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle French camp, from Latin campus (“open space; field”).

Noun

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kamp n (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

  1. camp
  2. a political or social fraction or group
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kamp
  • Petjo: kamp
  • → Indonesian: kamp
  • → Sranan Tongo: kampu
    • → Caribbean Javanese: kampu

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch camp, Old Dutch kamp, derived in turn from Latin campus (“field”). The term was borrowed in Roman times and acquired various connotations in different places.

Noun

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kamp m (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

  1. field
Derived terms
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- general:

- toponyms:

Descendants
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch camp, from Latin campus (“open space; battlefield”).

Noun

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kamp m (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

  1. battle, fight
  2. tournament, competition
Usage notes
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In the Netherlands kamp is seldom used as a word to describe a battle, gevecht is more common. However, in Flanders this usage is not uncommon.

Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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kamp

  1. inflection of kampen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kamp

  1. indefinite accusative singular of kampur

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From Dutch kamp, from Middle French camp, from Latin campus (“open space; field”). Doublet of kampus, kampiun, kampanye, and sampanye.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkamp]
  • Hyphenation: kamp

Noun

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kamp (first-person possessive kampku, second-person possessive kampmu, third-person possessive kampnya)

  1. camp, an outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
    Synonym: barak

Alternative forms

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  • kem (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin campus, via Middle Low German kamp.

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Noun

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kamp m (definite singular kampen, indefinite plural kamper, definite plural kampene)

  1. a fight
  2. a battle
    en juridisk kamp - a legal battle
  3. (sports) a match (boxing match, football match etc.)
  4. a broad or round mountaintop
  5. a boulder

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin campus, via Middle Low German kamp.

Noun

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kamp m (definite singular kampen, indefinite plural kampar, definite plural kampane)

  1. a fight
  2. a battle
  3. (sports) a match (as above)
  4. a broad or round mountaintop
  5. a boulder

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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kamp c

  1. a struggling for one's interests (often in opposition); a struggle, (sometimes more idiomatic) a fight
    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
Usage notes
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  • Often interchangeable with strid, which has more militaristic connotations, similar to how struggle and battle are often interchangeable in English.
  • See also the corresponding verb kämpa, which can also be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, though often unidiomatic as a translation.
Declension
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Declension of kamp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kamp kamps
definite kampen kampens
plural indefinite kamper kampers
definite kamperna kampernas
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Etymology 2

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Unknown. Likely cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål gamp.

Noun

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kamp c

  1. old horse, nag (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension
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Declension of kamp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kamp kamps
definite kampen kampens
plural indefinite kampar kampars
definite kamparna kamparnas

Further reading

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