kamp

Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”). Spelling with k based erroneously on the false acronym K(nown) A(s) M(ale) P(rostitute).

• IPA^(key): /kæmp/
  • (General American, Canada, /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): [kʰɛəmp] ~ [kʰeəmp]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æmp

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.

• IPA^(key): /kamp/

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

kamp (plural kampe)

1. camp

From Dutch kampen, from Middle Dutch kempen.

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

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

From Middle Low German kamp, from Latin campus.

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.

• “kamp” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kamp” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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

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

kamp n (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

1. camp
2. a political or social fraction or group

• kampement

• Afrikaans: kamp
• Petjo: kamp
• → Indonesian: kamp
• → Sranan Tongo: kampu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kampu

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.

kamp m (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

1. field

- general:

- toponyms:

• Afrikaans: kamp

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

kamp m (plural kampen, diminutive kampje n)

1. battle, fight
2. tournament, competition

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.

kamp

1. first-person singular present indicative of kampen
2. imperative of kampen

• Rhymes: -am̥p

kamp

1. indefinite accusative singular of kampur

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

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

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

• kem (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “kamp” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin campus, via Middle Low German kamp.

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

• “kamp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin campus, via Middle Low German kamp.

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

• “kamp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Audio (Gotland; "en kamp")

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

kamp c

1. a fight, a struggle
2. a fight, a battle
3. a match; a competition between two participants or two participating teams

• befrielsekamp
• dragkamp
• dödskamp
• kampanda
• kampcell
• kampduglig
• kampfond
• kamplust
• kamppolitik
• kampsång
• kampvilja
• klasskamp
• maktkamp
• mångkamp
• närkamp
• tiokamp
• tvekamp

• kämpa
• kämpe

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kamp c

1. old horse, nag (Can we add an example for this sense?)