nudge – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of nudge

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to nudge
Participle: nudged
Gerund: nudging

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of nudge

Indicative

Present

Inudge
younudge
he;she;itnudges
wenudge
younudge
theynudge

Perfect

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

Past

Inudged
younudged
he;she;itnudged
wenudged
younudged
theynudged

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Inudge
younudge
he;she;itnudge
wenudge
younudge
theynudge

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Inudged
younudged
he;she;itnudged
wenudged
younudged
theynudged

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

younudge
weLet's nudge
younudge

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs similar to 'nudge'

budge, fudge, judge, nidge, nudle, snudge, badge, bludge, bodge, budg,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

poke
elbow, prod, tap, bump, push, touch, dig, jab

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "to push slightly with the elbow," 1675, perhaps from Scand. (cf. Norw. nugge, nyggje "to jostle, rub;" Icelandic nugga "to rub, massage"). The noun is attested from 1836.
2. Circa 17th century, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian nugge, nyggje (“to push, rub, shove”), Icelandic nugga (“to rub, massage”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, “to scratch, scrape”), source of English acnestis).
3. Compare also Scots nodge (“to push, poke, nudge”), knidge (“to push, squeeze”), gnidge (“to rub, press, squeeze, bruise”), and knudge (“to squeeze, press down with the knuckles”), Saterland Frisian Nukke, Nuk (“a sudden push”), Middle Low German nucke, nücke, gnücke (“a sudden push, shock, impetus”). Compare also dialectal nuch (“to tremble”), Middle English nuchen (“to tremble”). See: Icelandic 'nugga', Greek, Ancient 'κνάω', Frisian, Saterlandic 'Nukke'.

Verbs referencing "nudge"

Scots knidge, Norwegian, nynorsk nyggja.

Sample Sentences

  • Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. [2012 January 26, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:]
  • This year's profits are nudging the 10 million mark.
  • But a serious public health and economic crisis, and the responses to it from commonwealth and state governments, seems to have nudged some “protest” voters back into the major party fold. [2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian:]