duck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of duck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to duck out
Participle: ducked out
Gerund: ducking out

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of duck

Indicative

Present

Iduck out
youduck out
he;she;itducks out
weduck out
youduck out
theyduck out

Perfect

Ihave ducked out
youhave ducked out
he;she;ithas ducked out
wehave ducked out
youhave ducked out
theyhave ducked out

Past

Iducked out
youducked out
he;she;itducked out
weducked out
youducked out
theyducked out

Pluperfect

Ihad ducked out
youhad ducked out
he;she;ithad ducked out
wehad ducked out
youhad ducked out
theyhad ducked out

Future

Iwill duck out
youwill duck out
he;she;itwill duck out
wewill duck out
youwill duck out
theywill duck out

Future Perfect

Iwill have ducked out
youwill have ducked out
he;she;itwill have ducked out
wewill have ducked out
youwill have ducked out
theywill have ducked out

Subjunctive

Present

Iduck out
youduck out
he;she;itduck out
weduck out
youduck out
theyduck out

Perfect

Ihave ducked out
youhave ducked out
he;she;ithave ducked out
wehave ducked out
youhave ducked out
theyhave ducked out

Imperfect

Iducked out
youducked out
he;she;itducked out
weducked out
youducked out
theyducked out

Pluperfect

Ihad ducked out
youhad ducked out
he;she;ithad ducked out
wehad ducked out
youhad ducked out
theyhad ducked out

Conditional

Present

Iwould duck out
youwould duck out
he;she;itwould duck out
wewould duck out
youwould duck out
theywould duck out

Perfect

Iwould have ducked out
youwould have ducked out
he;she;itwould have ducked out
wewould have ducked out
youwould have ducked out
theywould have ducked out

Imperative

youduck out
weLet's duck out
youduck out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ducking out
youare ducking out
he;she;itis ducking out
weare ducking out
youare ducking out
theyare ducking out

Perfect

Ihave been ducking out
youhave been ducking out
he;she;ithas been ducking out
wehave been ducking out
youhave been ducking out
theyhave been ducking out

Past

Iwas ducking out
youwere ducking out
he;she;itwas ducking out
wewere ducking out
youwere ducking out
theywere ducking out

Pluperfect

Ihad been ducking out
youhad been ducking out
he;she;ithad been ducking out
wehad been ducking out
youhad been ducking out
theyhad been ducking out

Future

Iwill be ducking out
youwill be ducking out
he;she;itwill be ducking out
wewill be ducking out
youwill be ducking out
theywill be ducking out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ducking out
youwill have been ducking out
he;she;itwill have been ducking out
wewill have been ducking out
youwill have been ducking out
theywill have been ducking out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ducking out
youwould be ducking out
he;she;itwould be ducking out
wewould be ducking out
youwould be ducking out
theywould be ducking out

Perfect

Iwould have been ducking out
youwould have been ducking out
he;she;itwould have been ducking out
wewould have been ducking out
youwould have been ducking out
theywould have been ducking out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'duck'

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 'duck'

buck, cuck, dack, deck, dick, dock, duct, dunk, dusk, fuck,

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "to plunge into" (trans.), c.1300; to suddenly go under water (intrans.), c.1340, from presumed O.E. *ducan "to duck," found only in derivative duce (n.) "duck" (but there are cognate words in other Gmc. languages, cf. Ger. tauchen "to dive"), from P.Gmc. *dukjan. Sense of "bend, stoop quickly" is first recorded in Eng. 1530.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *dūkaną
4. Proto-West Germanic *dūkan
5. Old English *dūcan
6. Middle English ducken
7. English duck
8. From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”).
9. Cognates
10. Related to Scots dulk (“to duck”), Middle Dutch ducken (“to duck”), Low German ducken (“to duck”), German ducken (“to duck”), Danish dukke, dykke (“to dive”). Related also to Scots dook, douk (“to bathe, drench, soak, baptise”), West Frisian dûke (“to plunge, dive”), Dutch duiken (“to dive, plunge, duck”), Low German duken (“to duck, dive, stoop”), German tauchen (“to dive, plunge, immerse, duck”), Swedish dyka (“to dive, submerge”). See: Proto-Germanic '*dūkaną', Low Saxon 'ducken', German, old spelling 'ducken', Danish 'dukke', Scots 'dook', Dutch 'duiken', Low Saxon 'duken', German, old spelling 'tauchen', Swedish 'dyka'.

Verbs referencing "duck"

Dutch duiken, German, old spelling tauchen, Swedish ducka, Scots dook, German, old spelling ducken, Luxembourgish dauchen, Danish dukke, Norwegian, nynorsk dukka, Welsh twco.

Sample Sentences

  • Both ducked, and ran shouting up the bank, and were on their horses before he was up. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • All fled in different directions, except Sambo, who, presuming on the favor which the keeper had to him as a licensed wag, stood his ground, ducking his head with a facetious grin, whenever the master made a dive at him. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)