Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kerf
Participle: kerfed
Gerund: kerfing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | kerf |
| you | kerf |
| he;she;it | kerfs |
| we | kerf |
| you | kerf |
| they | kerf |
Perfect
| I | have kerfed |
| you | have kerfed |
| he;she;it | has kerfed |
| we | have kerfed |
| you | have kerfed |
| they | have kerfed |
Past
| I | kerfed |
| you | kerfed |
| he;she;it | kerfed |
| we | kerfed |
| you | kerfed |
| they | kerfed |
Pluperfect
| I | had kerfed |
| you | had kerfed |
| he;she;it | had kerfed |
| we | had kerfed |
| you | had kerfed |
| they | had kerfed |
Future
| I | will kerf |
| you | will kerf |
| he;she;it | will kerf |
| we | will kerf |
| you | will kerf |
| they | will kerf |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kerfed |
| you | will have kerfed |
| he;she;it | will have kerfed |
| we | will have kerfed |
| you | will have kerfed |
| they | will have kerfed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kerf |
| you | kerf |
| he;she;it | kerf |
| we | kerf |
| you | kerf |
| they | kerf |
Perfect
| I | have kerfed |
| you | have kerfed |
| he;she;it | have kerfed |
| we | have kerfed |
| you | have kerfed |
| they | have kerfed |
Imperfect
| I | kerfed |
| you | kerfed |
| he;she;it | kerfed |
| we | kerfed |
| you | kerfed |
| they | kerfed |
Pluperfect
| I | had kerfed |
| you | had kerfed |
| he;she;it | had kerfed |
| we | had kerfed |
| you | had kerfed |
| they | had kerfed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kerf |
| you | would kerf |
| he;she;it | would kerf |
| we | would kerf |
| you | would kerf |
| they | would kerf |
Perfect
| I | would have kerfed |
| you | would have kerfed |
| he;she;it | would have kerfed |
| we | would have kerfed |
| you | would have kerfed |
| they | would have kerfed |
Imperative
| you | kerf |
| we | Let's kerf |
| you | kerf |
Verbs conjugated like 'kerf'
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 'kerf'
kerb,
kern,
nerf,
perf,
barf,
beef,
bere,
berm,
cere,
deaf,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.
Sample Sentences