totter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of totter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to totter
Participle: tottered
Gerund: tottering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itotter
youtotter
he;she;ittotters
wetotter
youtotter
theytotter

Perfect

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

Past

Itottered
youtottered
he;she;ittottered
wetottered
youtottered
theytottered

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Itotter
youtotter
he;she;ittotter
wetotter
youtotter
theytotter

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Itottered
youtottered
he;she;ittottered
wetottered
youtottered
theytottered

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtotter
weLet's totter
youtotter

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'totter'

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 'totter'

cotter, hotter, potter, stotter, tatter, tetter, titter, tolter, atter, batter,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stagger
stumble, falter, reel, weave, waver, trip
shake
quiver, tremble, oscillate, sway, lurch, slip, slide, rock

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1200, "swing to and fro," perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. dialectal Norw. totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from 1602.
2. From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).
3. Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt. See: Old English 'tealtrian', Dutch 'touteren'.

Sample Sentences

  • What place is this, to which the squalid street conducts us ? A kind of square of leprous houses, some of which are attainable only by crazy wooden stairs without. What lies beyond this tottering flight of steps, that creak beneath our tread ? — a miserable room, lighted by one dim candle, and destitute of all comfort, save that which may be hidden in a wretched bed. Beside it, sits a man: [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Tottering with weakness, she came forward, and delivered her basket. It was of full weight, as Legree well perceived; but, affecting anger, he said, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)