bark – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bark

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bark
Participle: barked
Gerund: barking

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bark

Indicative

Present

Ibark
youbark
he;she;itbarks
webark
youbark
theybark

Perfect

Ihave barked
youhave barked
he;she;ithas barked
wehave barked
youhave barked
theyhave barked

Past

Ibarked
youbarked
he;she;itbarked
webarked
youbarked
theybarked

Pluperfect

Ihad barked
youhad barked
he;she;ithad barked
wehad barked
youhad barked
theyhad barked

Future

Iwill bark
youwill bark
he;she;itwill bark
wewill bark
youwill bark
theywill bark

Future Perfect

Iwill have barked
youwill have barked
he;she;itwill have barked
wewill have barked
youwill have barked
theywill have barked

Subjunctive

Present

Ibark
youbark
he;she;itbark
webark
youbark
theybark

Perfect

Ihave barked
youhave barked
he;she;ithave barked
wehave barked
youhave barked
theyhave barked

Imperfect

Ibarked
youbarked
he;she;itbarked
webarked
youbarked
theybarked

Pluperfect

Ihad barked
youhad barked
he;she;ithad barked
wehad barked
youhad barked
theyhad barked

Conditional

Present

Iwould bark
youwould bark
he;she;itwould bark
wewould bark
youwould bark
theywould bark

Perfect

Iwould have barked
youwould have barked
he;she;itwould have barked
wewould have barked
youwould have barked
theywould have barked

Imperative

youbark
weLet's bark
youbark

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam barking
youare barking
he;she;itis barking
weare barking
youare barking
theyare barking

Perfect

Ihave been barking
youhave been barking
he;she;ithas been barking
wehave been barking
youhave been barking
theyhave been barking

Past

Iwas barking
youwere barking
he;she;itwas barking
wewere barking
youwere barking
theywere barking

Pluperfect

Ihad been barking
youhad been barking
he;she;ithad been barking
wehad been barking
youhad been barking
theyhad been barking

Future

Iwill be barking
youwill be barking
he;she;itwill be barking
wewill be barking
youwill be barking
theywill be barking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been barking
youwill have been barking
he;she;itwill have been barking
wewill have been barking
youwill have been barking
theywill have been barking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be barking
youwould be barking
he;she;itwould be barking
wewould be barking
youwould be barking
theywould be barking

Perfect

Iwould have been barking
youwould have been barking
he;she;itwould have been barking
wewould have been barking
youwould have been barking
theywould have been barking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bark'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bark'

back, balk, bank, bar, barb, bard, bare, barf, barm, barn,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

woof
yelp, yip, yap, bay, growl, howl, snarl, cry

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "dog sound," O.E. beorcan, from P.Gmc. *berkanan (cf. O.N. berkja "to bark"), of echoic origin. Barker "noisy assistant in an auction or show" is from 1483. To bark up the wrong tree is U.S. colloquial, first attested 1832, from hounds following the wrong scent.
2. From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”).
3. Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”). See: Old English 'beorcan', Icelandic 'berkja', Serbo-Croatian 'brbljati'.

Verbs referencing "bark"

Latin frigutio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] Andy had not failed to let loose, according to contract, speeding them off with various direful ejaculations. And now ensued a miscellaneous scene of confusion. Sam and Andy ran and shouted,—dogs barked here and there,—and Mike, Mose, Mandy, Fanny, and all the smaller specimens on the place, both male and female, raced, clapped hands, whooped, and shouted, with outrageous officiousness and untiring [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)