kämpfen
German, verb
kämpfen is spelled K-Ä-M-P-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kämpfen is a German verb meaning “to fight, to struggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kämpfen is a different word: “dative plural of Kampf”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verbale oder physische Auseinandersetzung zwischen Gegnern”.
What does kämpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight, to struggle
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Kampf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verbale oder physische Auseinandersetzung zwischen Gegnern 2. ein Ausharren oder Durchhalten in einer schwierigen Situation
noun: 1. Handlung einer verbalen oder physischen Auseinandersetzung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kämpfen
- kämpft present singular third-person
- kämpfte past
- gekämpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kämpfend participle present
- kämpfe first-person indicative present
- kämpfst indicative present second-person
- kämpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- kämpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- kämpften first-person indicative plural
- kämpftest indicative preterite second-person
- kämpftet indicative plural preterite
- kämpf imperative second-person singular
- habe gekämpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gekämpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kämpf! imperative singular
- kämpfe! imperative singular
- kämpft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kämpfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kämpfen in German?
kämpfen appears 55 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).