kämpa
Meaning
fight
In Swedish: använda våld för att hävda sig mot en motståndare
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att kämpa | to fight |
|---|---|---|
| Present | kämpar | jag kämpar |
| Past | kämpade | jag kämpade |
| Supine | kämpat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har kämpat | jag har kämpat |
| Past perfect | hade kämpat | jag hade kämpat |
| Future | ska kämpa | or: kommer att kämpa |
| Conditional | skulle kämpa | jag skulle kämpa |
| Imperative | kämpa! | a command |
| Present participle | kämpande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | kämpas |
|---|---|
| Present | kämpas |
| Past | kämpades |
| Supine | kämpats |
Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kämpar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise kämpa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (kämpa). Which is the past tense?
kämpa in a sentence
- kämpa med läxanstruggle with homework
- kämpa mot en starkare fiendestruggle against a superior enemy
- kämpa för sina åsikterfight for one's opinions
- Riddaren kämpade mot drakenThe knight fought the dragon
- att kämpa för rättvisa villkorto fight for fair conditions
- Han kämpade mot cancernHe battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)
- Kämpa!Fight! / Give it all you got!
- Han kämpade med ekonominHe struggled with his economy
Questions
What does kämpa mean in English?
kämpa means “fight”.
What is the past tense of kämpa?
The past tense of kämpa is kämpade (“jag kämpade”). The supine is kämpat, used in “jag har kämpat”.
What is the present tense of kämpa?
kämpar, the same for every person: jag kämpar, du kämpar, vi kämpar.
Similar words
Origin
From Low German kempe; see kamp (“struggle”).
Nearby common words
kämpa is number 848 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary