kämpfen

See also: Kämpfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kempfen, from Old High German *kempfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛm(p)fən/, [kɛmp͡fən], [kɛmfən], [kɛmp͡fɱ̩], [kɛmfɱ̩]
  • (file)

Verb

kämpfen (weak, third-person singular present kämpft, past tense kämpfte, past participle gekämpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fight, to struggle
    • 1801 September 11, Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans:
      Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.
      Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.

Conjugation

See also

Further reading

  • kämpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kämpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kämpfen” in Duden online
  • kämpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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