Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whimper
Participle: whimpered
Gerund: whimpering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whimper |
| you | whimper |
| he;she;it | whimpers |
| we | whimper |
| you | whimper |
| they | whimper |
Perfect
| I | have whimpered |
| you | have whimpered |
| he;she;it | has whimpered |
| we | have whimpered |
| you | have whimpered |
| they | have whimpered |
Past
| I | whimpered |
| you | whimpered |
| he;she;it | whimpered |
| we | whimpered |
| you | whimpered |
| they | whimpered |
Pluperfect
| I | had whimpered |
| you | had whimpered |
| he;she;it | had whimpered |
| we | had whimpered |
| you | had whimpered |
| they | had whimpered |
Future
| I | will whimper |
| you | will whimper |
| he;she;it | will whimper |
| we | will whimper |
| you | will whimper |
| they | will whimper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whimpered |
| you | will have whimpered |
| he;she;it | will have whimpered |
| we | will have whimpered |
| you | will have whimpered |
| they | will have whimpered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whimper |
| you | whimper |
| he;she;it | whimper |
| we | whimper |
| you | whimper |
| they | whimper |
Perfect
| I | have whimpered |
| you | have whimpered |
| he;she;it | have whimpered |
| we | have whimpered |
| you | have whimpered |
| they | have whimpered |
Imperfect
| I | whimpered |
| you | whimpered |
| he;she;it | whimpered |
| we | whimpered |
| you | whimpered |
| they | whimpered |
Pluperfect
| I | had whimpered |
| you | had whimpered |
| he;she;it | had whimpered |
| we | had whimpered |
| you | had whimpered |
| they | had whimpered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whimper |
| you | would whimper |
| he;she;it | would whimper |
| we | would whimper |
| you | would whimper |
| they | would whimper |
Perfect
| I | would have whimpered |
| you | would have whimpered |
| he;she;it | would have whimpered |
| we | would have whimpered |
| you | would have whimpered |
| they | would have whimpered |
Imperative
| you | whimper |
| we | Let's whimper |
| you | whimper |
Verbs conjugated like 'whimper'
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 'whimper'
whisper,
chipper,
hamper,
shimmer,
simper,
whicker,
whimple,
whimsey,
whinner,
whither,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1513, probably of imitative origin, or from Ger.
wimmern "to whimper, moan." The noun is first recorded c.1700.
2. From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”). See: German, old spelling '
wimmern'.
Sample Sentences
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“ Stop that, you minx ! ” said the salesman; “ no whimpering here,—the sale is going to begin. ” And accordingly the sale begun.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)