Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to winter
Participle: wintered
Gerund: wintering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | winter |
| you | winter |
| he;she;it | winters |
| we | winter |
| you | winter |
| they | winter |
Perfect
| I | have wintered |
| you | have wintered |
| he;she;it | has wintered |
| we | have wintered |
| you | have wintered |
| they | have wintered |
Past
| I | wintered |
| you | wintered |
| he;she;it | wintered |
| we | wintered |
| you | wintered |
| they | wintered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wintered |
| you | had wintered |
| he;she;it | had wintered |
| we | had wintered |
| you | had wintered |
| they | had wintered |
Future
| I | will winter |
| you | will winter |
| he;she;it | will winter |
| we | will winter |
| you | will winter |
| they | will winter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wintered |
| you | will have wintered |
| he;she;it | will have wintered |
| we | will have wintered |
| you | will have wintered |
| they | will have wintered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | winter |
| you | winter |
| he;she;it | winter |
| we | winter |
| you | winter |
| they | winter |
Perfect
| I | have wintered |
| you | have wintered |
| he;she;it | have wintered |
| we | have wintered |
| you | have wintered |
| they | have wintered |
Imperfect
| I | wintered |
| you | wintered |
| he;she;it | wintered |
| we | wintered |
| you | wintered |
| they | wintered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wintered |
| you | had wintered |
| he;she;it | had wintered |
| we | had wintered |
| you | had wintered |
| they | had wintered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would winter |
| you | would winter |
| he;she;it | would winter |
| we | would winter |
| you | would winter |
| they | would winter |
Perfect
| I | would have wintered |
| you | would have wintered |
| he;she;it | would have wintered |
| we | would have wintered |
| you | would have wintered |
| they | would have wintered |
Imperative
| you | winter |
| we | Let's winter |
| you | winter |
Verbs conjugated like 'winter'
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 'winter'
inter,
sinter,
winder,
witter,
banter,
bewinter,
binner,
bitter,
canter,
center,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E., "fourth season of the year," from P.Gmc. *wentruz (cf. O.Fris., Du. winter, O.S., O.H.G. wintar, Ger. winter, Dan., Swed. vinter, Goth. wintrus, O.N. vetr "winter"), possibly from PIE *wed-/*wod-/*ud- "wet" (see water), or from *wind- "white" (cf. Celt. vindo- "white"). The Anglo-Saxons counted years in "winters," cf. O.E. ænetre "one-year-old." O.N. Vetrardag, first day of winter, was the Saturday that fell between Oct. 10 and 16. The verb meaning "to pass the winter (in some place)" is recorded from 1382. Winterize is from 1938, on model of earlier summerize (1935). Wintergreen as a type of plant is recorded from 1548.
2. From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
Sample Sentences
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She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain. [1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 282:]
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Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it. [2022 December 27, “Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023”, in BBC News:]