but – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of but

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to but
Participle: butted
Gerund: butting

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of but

Indicative

Present

Ibut
youbut
he;she;itbuts
webut
youbut
theybut

Perfect

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

Past

Ibutted
youbutted
he;she;itbutted
webutted
youbutted
theybutted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ibut
youbut
he;she;itbut
webut
youbut
theybut

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ibutted
youbutted
he;she;itbutted
webutted
youbutted
theybutted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbut
weLet's but
youbut

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'but'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'but'

abut, bat, bet, bit, bot, bout, brut, bub, bud, bug,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about. See: Scots 'but', Frisian, Saterlandic 'buute', Dutch 'buiten', German, old spelling 'baußen', Luxembourgish 'baussen'.

Sample Sentences

  • But me no buts.