- (Beekdaelen)(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
- (Bergen) First attested asvan de Kamp in 1715. Derived fromkamp(“enclosed piece of land”).
- (Flevoland) Attested asKamp in 1994. Derived fromkamp(“enclosed piece of land”).
The surname is derived from one of the senses ofkamp or from one of the toponyms.
Kamp n
- ahamlet inBeekdaelen,Limburg,Netherlands
- ahamlet inBergen,Limburg,Netherlands
- aneighbourhood ofLelystad,Flevoland,Netherlands
- asurname
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Kamp”, inNederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl,→ISBN
FromMiddle Low Germankamp, fromOld Saxonkamp, fromProto-West Germanic*kamp, fromLatincampus. Thus originally the same word asKampf(“fight”).
Kamp m (strong,genitiveKamps,pluralKämpe)
- (archaic or dialectal, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) piece ofland;field;grassland
- The word remains very common in placenames as well as personal names in northern Germany.
Declension ofKamp [masculine, strong]
FromMiddle Low Germankamp, fromOld Saxonkamp, fromProto-West Germanic*kamp, fromLatincampus.
Kamp m (pluralKampe)
- field
- Synonym:Feld
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kamp”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
FromMiddle High Germankamp, fromOld High Germankamb, fromProto-West Germanic*kamb.
Cognate withGermanKamm,Dutchkam,Englishcomb,Icelandickambur.
Kamp m (pluralKämm)
- comb
