Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pawn
Participle: pawned
Gerund: pawning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pawn |
| you | pawn |
| he;she;it | pawns |
| we | pawn |
| you | pawn |
| they | pawn |
Perfect
| I | have pawned |
| you | have pawned |
| he;she;it | has pawned |
| we | have pawned |
| you | have pawned |
| they | have pawned |
Past
| I | pawned |
| you | pawned |
| he;she;it | pawned |
| we | pawned |
| you | pawned |
| they | pawned |
Pluperfect
| I | had pawned |
| you | had pawned |
| he;she;it | had pawned |
| we | had pawned |
| you | had pawned |
| they | had pawned |
Future
| I | will pawn |
| you | will pawn |
| he;she;it | will pawn |
| we | will pawn |
| you | will pawn |
| they | will pawn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pawned |
| you | will have pawned |
| he;she;it | will have pawned |
| we | will have pawned |
| you | will have pawned |
| they | will have pawned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pawn |
| you | pawn |
| he;she;it | pawn |
| we | pawn |
| you | pawn |
| they | pawn |
Perfect
| I | have pawned |
| you | have pawned |
| he;she;it | have pawned |
| we | have pawned |
| you | have pawned |
| they | have pawned |
Imperfect
| I | pawned |
| you | pawned |
| he;she;it | pawned |
| we | pawned |
| you | pawned |
| they | pawned |
Pluperfect
| I | had pawned |
| you | had pawned |
| he;she;it | had pawned |
| we | had pawned |
| you | had pawned |
| they | had pawned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pawn |
| you | would pawn |
| he;she;it | would pawn |
| we | would pawn |
| you | would pawn |
| they | would pawn |
Perfect
| I | would have pawned |
| you | would have pawned |
| he;she;it | would have pawned |
| we | would have pawned |
| you | would have pawned |
| they | would have pawned |
Imperative
| you | pawn |
| we | Let's pawn |
| you | pawn |
Verbs conjugated like 'pawn'
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 'pawn'
dawn,
fawn,
jawn,
pain,
pan,
paw,
pawl,
prawn,
spawn,
tawn,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”).
Sample Sentences
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A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares. [1904, Henry Warren, The Customer's Guide to Banking, page 7:]
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But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe. [1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone:]