beetle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of beetle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to beetle
Participle: beetled
Gerund: beetling

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of beetle

Indicative

Present

Ibeetle
youbeetle
he;she;itbeetles
webeetle
youbeetle
theybeetle

Perfect

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

Past

Ibeetled
youbeetled
he;she;itbeetled
webeetled
youbeetled
theybeetled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ibeetle
youbeetle
he;she;itbeetle
webeetle
youbeetle
theybeetle

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ibeetled
youbeetled
he;she;itbeetled
webeetled
youbeetled
theybeetled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbeetle
weLet's beetle
youbeetle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'beetle'

battle, beagle, bedole, beely, befile, behete, bemete, bete, betie, betitle,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz
3. Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil
4. Old English bitula, bitela, bītel
5. Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle
6. English beetle
7. From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”). See: Danish 'bille'.

Sample Sentences

  • He beetled off on his vacation.
  • I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard. [1982, A Woman of No Importance (TV programme)]
  • “[…] But he seems to have beetled off somewhere as usual. […]” [1983, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 144:]
  • In the falling darkness Harry saw small collections of lights as they passed over more villages, then a winding road on which a single car was beetling its way home through the hills. … [2003, J. K. Rowling, “The Department of Mysteries”, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, →ISBN, page 766:]
  • Her eyes still closed, his aunt smiled cruelly. “I know what you are dying to say, Bertie. Go ahead—take the cheap shot. I’ll squash you like the nasty little bug you are.” ¶ Thus chastened, the little man beetled away. [2005, James Doss, The Witch's Tongue, →ISBN, page 178:]