kæmpe – Danish noun declension

Noun: kæmpe
Gender: Common Hyphenation:

1819, Adam Oehlenschläger, "Der er et yndigt land", the Danish anthem
Der sad i fordums tid / de harniskklædte kæmper, / udhvilede fra strid ... (There sat in times past / the armored warriors, / rested from strife ...)
1778, Johannes Ewald, Kong Christian stod ved højen mast, the second Danish anthem
O, Nordhav! Glimt af Wessel brød / din mørke sky. / Da ty'de kæmper til dit skød; / thi med ham lynte skræk og død. (O, North Sea! A glimpse of Wessel broke / your dark cloud. / Then warriors sought refuge in your womb; / for with him, terror and death flashed.)
Skulde er nu ogsaa selv kommen til Kampen, og ansporer med Hidsighed sine Uhyrer, til at gaae lös paa Kong Hrolf; thi hun seer, at hans Kæmper ikke ere ham nær; ... (Skulde herself has now also arrived at the battle, and hot-headedly encourages her monsters to attack king Hrolf; for she sees that his warriors are not close to him; ...) [1821, Carl Christian Rafn, Nordiske Kaempe-Historier: efter Islandske Haandskriften. Konnig Hrolf Krakes Saga, page 148:]
I sin Magt Kong Sigvard skuer! hos ham staar hans Kæmpe bold, hos ham staar hans Kæmpe bold, hos ham staar hans Kæmpe bold. (In his power, king Sigvard gazes! with him, his brave warrior stands, with him, his brave warrior stands, with him, his brave warrior stands.) [1872, Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen, Christian Barnekow, Musik til Gyrithe eller Danmarks Frelse: Skuespil af L. Kruse, page 23:]

From Middle Low German kempe, presumably related to Etymology 2 below in the sense of "champion," "warrior."

English Nouns camp, Swedish Nouns kämpe.

struggle, to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight

Danish noun forms of kæmpe