gern – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of gern

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to gern
Participle: gerned
Gerund: gerning

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Igern
yougern
he;she;itgerns
wegern
yougern
theygern

Perfect

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

Past

Igerned
yougerned
he;she;itgerned
wegerned
yougerned
theygerned

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Igern
yougern
he;she;itgern
wegern
yougern
theygern

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Igerned
yougerned
he;she;itgerned
wegerned
yougerned
theygerned

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yougern
weLet's gern
yougern

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'gern'

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 'gern'

dern, ern, gen, germ, girn, gurn, kern, pern, wern, yern,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

See grin.

Sample Sentences

  • [He] gaped like a gulfe, when he did gerne, / That whether man or monster one could scarse discerne [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13:]