bekämpa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German bekämpfen, equivalent to be- + kämpa. Cognate with Danish bekæmpe, Norwegian Bokmål bekjempe and Dutch bekampen.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]bekämpa (present bekämpar, preterite bekämpade, supine bekämpat, imperative bekämpa)
- to fight and thus (try to) get rid of (something); to combat (something), to fight (something)
- bekämpa fienden
- fight the enemy
- bekämpa människohandel
- combat human trafficking
- Bekämpningsmedel används för att bekämpa insekter
- Pesticides are used to combat insects
- bekämpa halkan med grus och salt
- combat [the] slipperiness with gravel and salt
Usage notes
[edit]- "Fight down" or "fight away" might provide intuition.
- Idiomatic for pest control.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bekämpa | bekämpas | ||
| supine | bekämpat | bekämpats | ||
| imperative | bekämpa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bekämpen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bekämpar | bekämpade | bekämpas | bekämpades |
| ind. plural1 | bekämpa | bekämpade | bekämpas | bekämpades |
| subjunctive2 | bekämpe | bekämpade | bekämpes | bekämpades |
| present participle | bekämpande | |||
| past participle | bekämpad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.