Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kluge
Participle: kluged
Gerund: kluging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | kluge |
| you | kluge |
| he;she;it | kluges |
| we | kluge |
| you | kluge |
| they | kluge |
Perfect
| I | have kluged |
| you | have kluged |
| he;she;it | has kluged |
| we | have kluged |
| you | have kluged |
| they | have kluged |
Past
| I | kluged |
| you | kluged |
| he;she;it | kluged |
| we | kluged |
| you | kluged |
| they | kluged |
Pluperfect
| I | had kluged |
| you | had kluged |
| he;she;it | had kluged |
| we | had kluged |
| you | had kluged |
| they | had kluged |
Future
| I | will kluge |
| you | will kluge |
| he;she;it | will kluge |
| we | will kluge |
| you | will kluge |
| they | will kluge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kluged |
| you | will have kluged |
| he;she;it | will have kluged |
| we | will have kluged |
| you | will have kluged |
| they | will have kluged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kluge |
| you | kluge |
| he;she;it | kluge |
| we | kluge |
| you | kluge |
| they | kluge |
Perfect
| I | have kluged |
| you | have kluged |
| he;she;it | have kluged |
| we | have kluged |
| you | have kluged |
| they | have kluged |
Imperfect
| I | kluged |
| you | kluged |
| he;she;it | kluged |
| we | kluged |
| you | kluged |
| they | kluged |
Pluperfect
| I | had kluged |
| you | had kluged |
| he;she;it | had kluged |
| we | had kluged |
| you | had kluged |
| they | had kluged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kluge |
| you | would kluge |
| he;she;it | would kluge |
| we | would kluge |
| you | would kluge |
| they | would kluge |
Perfect
| I | would have kluged |
| you | would have kluged |
| he;she;it | would have kluged |
| we | would have kluged |
| you | would have kluged |
| they | would have kluged |
Imperative
| you | kluge |
| we | Let's kluge |
| you | kluge |
Verbs conjugated like 'kluge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kluge'
kludge,
bludge,
blue,
blunge,
bouge,
cludge,
deluge,
elude,
elute,
fluke,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to build or use a temporary solution
- bodge, cludge, cobble together, jury-rig, kludge, knock together, knock up, MacGyver, make-do, patch, patch-up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.)
2. According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.
3. Compare kludge.
Sample Sentences