English Explanatory Dictionary

Kampe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.
name
  1. Alternative form of Campe (“mythological monster”).

Word forms

Kampe Kampes

Etymology

* As a German surname, from several places with this name in Germany, from Kamp (“field”). * Also from the archaic noun Kamp (“serf, peasant farmer”), from Kamp (“field”). * Also as a German surname Kämpe, occupational name for a fighter, see Kampf.

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