Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | kļūt |
| Negative Infinitive | nekļūt |
| Verbal Noun | kļūšana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | kļūstu |
| Sg.2 | kļūsti |
| Sg.3 | kļūst |
| Pl.1 | kļūstam |
| Pl.2 | kļūstat |
| Pl.3 | kļūst |
Past
| Sg.1 | kļuvu |
| Sg.2 | kļuvi |
| Sg.3 | kļuva |
| Pl.1 | kļuvām |
| Pl.2 | kļuvāt |
| Pl.3 | kļuva |
Future
| Sg.1 | kļūšu |
| Sg.2 | kļūsi |
| Sg.3 | kļūs |
| Pl.1 | kļūsim |
| Pl.2 | kļūsit |
| Pl.3 | kļūs |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | kļūsti |
| Sg.3 | lai kļūst |
| Pl.1 | kļūsim |
| Pl.2 | kļūstiet |
| Pl.3 | lai kļūst |
Conditional
| Present | kļūtu |
| Past | būtu kļuvis |
Renarrative
| Present | kļūstot |
| Past | esot kļuvis |
| Future | kļūšot |
| Imperative | lai kļūstot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jākļūst |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jākļūst |
| Conjunctive 2 | jākļūstot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | kļūstošs |
| Present Active 2 | kļūdams |
| Present Active 3 | kļūstot |
| Present Active 4 | kļūstam |
| Past Active | kļuvis |
| Present Passive | kļūstams |
| Past Passive | kļūts |
Etymology
1. From Proto-Baltic *kļūti, from *klʲū-, from the reduced grade *klʲū- of *klew-, *klū-, from the stem *kel- (“to bend”) (whence also kļaut (“to hug, to press against one's heart”) and kļūda (“error, mistake”)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljautei, from Proto-Indo-European *klewh₂-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, to stab”).
2. The semantic change was probably “to bend, to be bent” > “to get stuck, to stay (somewhere)” > “to stay, get (somewhere)” > “to become.” Cognates include Lithuanian kliū́ti (“to catch, to be caught, delayed; to undertake; to hit (target); to disturb, to be an obstacle; to obtain, to get, to reach”) and Proto-Slavic *kľuti (“to peck, to bite”). See: Proto-Slavic '
*kľuti'.
Verbs referencing "kļūt"
Proto-Slavic
kľuti.