neighbour – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of neighbour

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to neighbour
Participle: neighboured
Gerund: neighbouring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ineighbour
youneighbour
he;she;itneighbours
weneighbour
youneighbour
theyneighbour

Perfect

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

Past

Ineighboured
youneighboured
he;she;itneighboured
weneighboured
youneighboured
theyneighboured

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ineighbour
youneighbour
he;she;itneighbour
weneighbour
youneighbour
theyneighbour

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ineighboured
youneighboured
he;she;itneighboured
weneighboured
youneighboured
theyneighboured

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youneighbour
weLet's neighbour
youneighbour

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'neighbour'

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)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”).
4. Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, next”). See: Scots 'nebour'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] strength as it approached the verge, yet seeming, too, to pause before it shot into the gulf below; to gaze from the river 's level up at the torrent as it came streaming down; to climb the neighbouring heights and watch it through the trees, and see the wreathing water in the rapids hurrying on to take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of the solemn rocks three miles below; watching the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)