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utkämpa

fight out

Meaning

fight out

In Swedish: kämpa (ända till slutet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of utkämpa (fight out)
Infinitive	att utkämpa	to fight out
Present	utkämpar	jag utkämpar
Past	utkämpade	jag utkämpade
Supine	utkämpat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har utkämpat	jag har utkämpat
Past perfect	hade utkämpat	jag hade utkämpat
Future	ska utkämpa	or: kommer att utkämpa
Conditional	skulle utkämpa	jag skulle utkämpa
Imperative	utkämpa!	a command
Present participle	utkämpande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	utkämpad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of utkämpa
Infinitive	utkämpas
Present	utkämpas
Past	utkämpades
Supine	utkämpats

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 utkämpar. See the four verb groups explained.

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utkämpa in a sentence

utkämpa en hård strid
fight a hard battle (to the end)
utkämpa en strid
fight a battle (idiomatic)
utkämpa ett slag
fight a battle (idiomatic – of a major battle, as might be given a name, for example)

Questions

What does utkämpa mean in English?

utkämpa means “fight out”.

What is the past tense of utkämpa?

The past tense of utkämpa is utkämpade (“jag utkämpade”). The supine is utkämpat, used in “jag har utkämpat”.

What is the present tense of utkämpa?

utkämpar, the same for every person: jag utkämpar, du utkämpar, vi utkämpar.

Similar words

strida

Origin

ut- (“out-”) + kämpa (“fight”)

Nearby common words

utkämpa is number 4,787 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,783skrapa scrape, scratch
4,784vilsen lost
4,785husvagn a caravan, a camper, a trailer (used as a dwelling, towed behind another vehicle)
4,786frö germ, seed
4,788ökänd notorious
4,789spänna tense, draw
4,790konstant constant
4,791skelett skeleton, framework

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