Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to finger
Participle: fingered
Gerund: fingering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | finger |
| you | finger |
| he;she;it | fingers |
| we | finger |
| you | finger |
| they | finger |
Perfect
| I | have fingered |
| you | have fingered |
| he;she;it | has fingered |
| we | have fingered |
| you | have fingered |
| they | have fingered |
Past
| I | fingered |
| you | fingered |
| he;she;it | fingered |
| we | fingered |
| you | fingered |
| they | fingered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fingered |
| you | had fingered |
| he;she;it | had fingered |
| we | had fingered |
| you | had fingered |
| they | had fingered |
Future
| I | will finger |
| you | will finger |
| he;she;it | will finger |
| we | will finger |
| you | will finger |
| they | will finger |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fingered |
| you | will have fingered |
| he;she;it | will have fingered |
| we | will have fingered |
| you | will have fingered |
| they | will have fingered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | finger |
| you | finger |
| he;she;it | finger |
| we | finger |
| you | finger |
| they | finger |
Perfect
| I | have fingered |
| you | have fingered |
| he;she;it | have fingered |
| we | have fingered |
| you | have fingered |
| they | have fingered |
Imperfect
| I | fingered |
| you | fingered |
| he;she;it | fingered |
| we | fingered |
| you | fingered |
| they | fingered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fingered |
| you | had fingered |
| he;she;it | had fingered |
| we | had fingered |
| you | had fingered |
| they | had fingered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would finger |
| you | would finger |
| he;she;it | would finger |
| we | would finger |
| you | would finger |
| they | would finger |
Perfect
| I | would have fingered |
| you | would have fingered |
| he;she;it | would have fingered |
| we | would have fingered |
| you | would have fingered |
| they | would have fingered |
Imperative
| you | finger |
| we | Let's finger |
| you | finger |
Verbs conjugated like 'finger'
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 'finger'
figger,
fineer,
ginger,
linger,
anger,
befinger,
bigger,
binner,
cinder,
danger,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *pénkʷe
3. From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”).
4. Cognate with West Frisian finger, German and Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish finger, Faroese and Icelandic fingur; see also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five.
Sample Sentences
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“ O yes, yes ! ” said Mrs. Shelby, hurriedly and abstractedly fingering her gold watch,—“I haven't any jewelry of any amount, ” she added, thoughtfully; “ but would not this watch do something ? — it was an expensive one, when it was bought. If I could only at least [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)