Kamp

• (Beekdaelen) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
• (Bergen) First attested as van de Kamp in 1715. Derived from kamp (“enclosed piece of land”).
• (Flevoland) Attested as Kamp in 1994. Derived from kamp (“enclosed piece of land”).

The surname is derived from one of the senses of kamp or from one of the toponyms.

• IPA^(key): /kɑmp/
• Hyphenation: Kamp
• Rhymes: -ɑmp
• Homophone: kamp

Kamp n

1. A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Bergen, Limburg, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.
4. a surname

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kamp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle Low German kamp, from Old Saxon kamp, from Proto-West Germanic *kamp, from Latin campus. Thus originally the same word as Kampf (“fight”).

• IPA^(key): /kamp/

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Kamp m (strong, genitive Kamps, plural Kämpe)

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

• The word remains very common in placenames as well as personal names in northern Germany.

• kampieren

• Camp
• Kämpe

From Middle Low German kamp, from Old Saxon kamp, from Proto-West Germanic *kamp, from Latin campus.

• IPA^(key): /kʰamp/

Kamp m (plural Kampe)

1. field

   Synonym: Feld

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German kamp, from Old High German kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb.

Cognate with German Kamm, Dutch kam, English comb, Icelandic kambur.

• IPA^(key): /kamp/, [kɑmp]

Kamp m (plural Kämm)

1. comb

• kämmen