Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yern
Participle: yerned
Gerund: yerning
Indicative
Present
| I | yern |
| you | yern |
| he;she;it | yerns |
| we | yern |
| you | yern |
| they | yern |
Perfect
| I | have yerned |
| you | have yerned |
| he;she;it | has yerned |
| we | have yerned |
| you | have yerned |
| they | have yerned |
Past
| I | yerned |
| you | yerned |
| he;she;it | yerned |
| we | yerned |
| you | yerned |
| they | yerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had yerned |
| you | had yerned |
| he;she;it | had yerned |
| we | had yerned |
| you | had yerned |
| they | had yerned |
Future
| I | will yern |
| you | will yern |
| he;she;it | will yern |
| we | will yern |
| you | will yern |
| they | will yern |
Future Perfect
| I | will have yerned |
| you | will have yerned |
| he;she;it | will have yerned |
| we | will have yerned |
| you | will have yerned |
| they | will have yerned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yern |
| you | yern |
| he;she;it | yern |
| we | yern |
| you | yern |
| they | yern |
Perfect
| I | have yerned |
| you | have yerned |
| he;she;it | have yerned |
| we | have yerned |
| you | have yerned |
| they | have yerned |
Imperfect
| I | yerned |
| you | yerned |
| he;she;it | yerned |
| we | yerned |
| you | yerned |
| they | yerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had yerned |
| you | had yerned |
| he;she;it | had yerned |
| we | had yerned |
| you | had yerned |
| they | had yerned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yern |
| you | would yern |
| he;she;it | would yern |
| we | would yern |
| you | would yern |
| they | would yern |
Perfect
| I | would have yerned |
| you | would have yerned |
| he;she;it | would have yerned |
| we | would have yerned |
| you | would have yerned |
| they | would have yerned |
Imperative
| you | yern |
| we | Let's yern |
| you | yern |
Verbs conjugated like 'yern'
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 'yern'
dern,
ern,
gern,
kern,
pern,
wern,
yarn,
yean,
yearn,
yen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), from Old English ġeorn (“eager”), from Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.
2. Cognate with Danish gerne (“gladly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), German gern (“willingly, gladly”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”). See also yearnful and yearnfully. See: Danish '
gerne', German, old spelling '
gern', Icelandic '
gjarna', Swedish '
gärna'.
Sample Sentences