cough – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cough

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cough up
Participle: coughed up
Gerund: coughing up

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of cough

Indicative

Present

Icough up
youcough up
he;she;itcoughs up
wecough up
youcough up
theycough up

Perfect

Ihave coughed up
youhave coughed up
he;she;ithas coughed up
wehave coughed up
youhave coughed up
theyhave coughed up

Past

Icoughed up
youcoughed up
he;she;itcoughed up
wecoughed up
youcoughed up
theycoughed up

Pluperfect

Ihad coughed up
youhad coughed up
he;she;ithad coughed up
wehad coughed up
youhad coughed up
theyhad coughed up

Future

Iwill cough up
youwill cough up
he;she;itwill cough up
wewill cough up
youwill cough up
theywill cough up

Future Perfect

Iwill have coughed up
youwill have coughed up
he;she;itwill have coughed up
wewill have coughed up
youwill have coughed up
theywill have coughed up

Subjunctive

Present

Icough up
youcough up
he;she;itcough up
wecough up
youcough up
theycough up

Perfect

Ihave coughed up
youhave coughed up
he;she;ithave coughed up
wehave coughed up
youhave coughed up
theyhave coughed up

Imperfect

Icoughed up
youcoughed up
he;she;itcoughed up
wecoughed up
youcoughed up
theycoughed up

Pluperfect

Ihad coughed up
youhad coughed up
he;she;ithad coughed up
wehad coughed up
youhad coughed up
theyhad coughed up

Conditional

Present

Iwould cough up
youwould cough up
he;she;itwould cough up
wewould cough up
youwould cough up
theywould cough up

Perfect

Iwould have coughed up
youwould have coughed up
he;she;itwould have coughed up
wewould have coughed up
youwould have coughed up
theywould have coughed up

Imperative

youcough up
weLet's cough up
youcough up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam coughing up
youare coughing up
he;she;itis coughing up
weare coughing up
youare coughing up
theyare coughing up

Perfect

Ihave been coughing up
youhave been coughing up
he;she;ithas been coughing up
wehave been coughing up
youhave been coughing up
theyhave been coughing up

Past

Iwas coughing up
youwere coughing up
he;she;itwas coughing up
wewere coughing up
youwere coughing up
theywere coughing up

Pluperfect

Ihad been coughing up
youhad been coughing up
he;she;ithad been coughing up
wehad been coughing up
youhad been coughing up
theyhad been coughing up

Future

Iwill be coughing up
youwill be coughing up
he;she;itwill be coughing up
wewill be coughing up
youwill be coughing up
theywill be coughing up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been coughing up
youwill have been coughing up
he;she;itwill have been coughing up
wewill have been coughing up
youwill have been coughing up
theywill have been coughing up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be coughing up
youwould be coughing up
he;she;itwould be coughing up
wewould be coughing up
youwould be coughing up
theywould be coughing up

Perfect

Iwould have been coughing up
youwould have been coughing up
he;she;itwould have been coughing up
wewould have been coughing up
youwould have been coughing up
theywould have been coughing up

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'cough'

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 'cough'

couch, dough, hough, rough, sough, tough, bouge, chug, coach, coath,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English coughen, coghen (“to cough; to vomit”) [and other forms], from Old English *cohhian (compare Old English cohhetan (“to bluster; to riot; to cough (?)”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.
2. Cognates
3. * Middle Dutch cuchen (“to cough”) (modern Dutch kuchen (“to cough”); German Low German kuchen (“to cough”))
4. * Middle High German kûchen (“to breathe (on); to exhale”), kîchen (“to breathe with difficulty”) (modern German keichen, keuchen (“to breathe with difficulty; to gasp, pant”))
5. * Spanish cof (“coughing sound”)
6. * West Frisian kiche (“to cough”), kochelje (“to cough persistently”) See: Middle English 'coughen', Dutch 'kuchen', Middle High German 'kûchen', German, old spelling 'keichen'.

Verbs referencing "cough"

German, old spelling keuchen, Dutch kuchen, Luxembourgish käichen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] his wife knew it, and, of course was making an assault on rather an indefensible point. So he had recourse to the usual means of gaining time for such cases made and provided; he said “ ahem, ” and coughed several times, took out his pocket-handkerchief, and began to wipe his glasses. Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I dare say _you_ do n't, ” said Marie; “ I was prepared to expect _that_. You can be alarmed enough, if Eva coughs, or has the least thing the matter with her; but you never think of me. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)