Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yearn
Participle: yearned
Gerund: yearning
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | yearn |
| you | yearn |
| he;she;it | yearns |
| we | yearn |
| you | yearn |
| they | yearn |
Perfect
| I | have yearned |
| you | have yearned |
| he;she;it | has yearned |
| we | have yearned |
| you | have yearned |
| they | have yearned |
Past
| I | yearned |
| you | yearned |
| he;she;it | yearned |
| we | yearned |
| you | yearned |
| they | yearned |
Pluperfect
| I | had yearned |
| you | had yearned |
| he;she;it | had yearned |
| we | had yearned |
| you | had yearned |
| they | had yearned |
Future
| I | will yearn |
| you | will yearn |
| he;she;it | will yearn |
| we | will yearn |
| you | will yearn |
| they | will yearn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have yearned |
| you | will have yearned |
| he;she;it | will have yearned |
| we | will have yearned |
| you | will have yearned |
| they | will have yearned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yearn |
| you | yearn |
| he;she;it | yearn |
| we | yearn |
| you | yearn |
| they | yearn |
Perfect
| I | have yearned |
| you | have yearned |
| he;she;it | have yearned |
| we | have yearned |
| you | have yearned |
| they | have yearned |
Imperfect
| I | yearned |
| you | yearned |
| he;she;it | yearned |
| we | yearned |
| you | yearned |
| they | yearned |
Pluperfect
| I | had yearned |
| you | had yearned |
| he;she;it | had yearned |
| we | had yearned |
| you | had yearned |
| they | had yearned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yearn |
| you | would yearn |
| he;she;it | would yearn |
| we | would yearn |
| you | would yearn |
| they | would yearn |
Perfect
| I | would have yearned |
| you | would have yearned |
| he;she;it | would have yearned |
| we | would have yearned |
| you | would have yearned |
| they | would have yearned |
Imperative
| you | yearn |
| we | Let's yearn |
| you | yearn |
Verbs conjugated like 'yearn'
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 'yearn'
dearn,
earn,
learn,
yarn,
yean,
yern,
awarn,
barn,
bean,
bear,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
geornan (Mercian),
giernan (W.Saxon),
giorna (Northumbrian), from P.Gmc.
*gernijanan (cf. Goth.
gairnjan "to desire," Ger.
begehren "to desire"), from base
*gernaz (cf. O.H.G.
gern, O.N.
gjarn "desirous," O.E.
georn "eager, desirous," Ger.
gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE base
*gher- "to like, want" (see horatory).
2. The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ġeornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).
3. The noun is derived from the verb. See: Proto-Germanic '
*girnijaną'.
Verbs referencing "yearn"
German, old spelling
begehren, Old Saxon
girnian.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and hard living for another term, and then their sisters came, and then another brother, and lastly, their old mother. And what now? Why, the poor old crone is restless in a strange land, and yearns to lay her bones, she says, among her people in the old graveyard at home: and so they go to pay her passage back: and God help her and them, and every simple heart, and all who turn to the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom, who had the soft, impressible nature of his kindly race, ever yearning toward the simple and childlike, watched the little creature with daily increasing interest. To him she seemed something almost divine; and whenever her golden head and deep blue eyes peered out [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Something, perhaps, of such thoughts struggled through Eva's mind. But a child's thoughts are rather dim, undefined instincts; and in Eva's noble nature many such were yearning and working, for which she had no power of utterance. When Miss Ophelia expatiated on Topsy's naughty, wicked conduct, the child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth” Life passes, with us all, a day at a time; so it passed with our friend Tom, till two years were gone. Though parted from all his soul held dear, and though often yearning for what lay beyond, still was he never positively and consciously miserable; for, so well is the harp of human feeling strung, that nothing but a crash that breaks every string can wholly mar its [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] profitless. For the soul awakes, a trembling stranger, between two dim eternities,—the eternal past, the eternal future. The light shines only on a small space around her; therefore, she needs must yearn towards the unknown; and the voices and shadowy movings which come to her from out the cloudy pillar of inspiration have each one echoes and answers in her own expecting nature. Its mystic imagery [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a child like Eva ? Yes, there have been; but their names are always on grave-stones, and their sweet smiles, their heavenly eyes, their singular words and ways, are among the buried treasures of yearning hearts. In how many families do you hear the legend that all the goodness and graces of the living are nothing to the peculiar charms of one who _is not_. It is as if heaven had an especial band of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But her heart yearned with sad tenderness for all that she was to leave behind. Her father most,—for Eva, though she never distinctly thought so, had an instinctive perception that she was more in his heart than any [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Poor Mammy's heart yearned towards her darling; but she found no opportunity, night or day, as Marie declared that the state of her mind was such, it was impossible for her to rest; and, of course, it was against her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom woke. Was it a dream ? Let it pass for one. But who shall say that that sweet young spirit, which in life so yearned to comfort and console the distressed, was forbidden of God to assume this ministry after death ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Damn that shipment! He is himself not here anymore Linga You were yearning to see your son, right ?
(Magudam)