die – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to die
Participle: died
Gerund: dying

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of die

Indicative

Present

I	die
you	die
he;she;it	dies
we	die
you	die
they	die

Perfect

I	have died
you	have died
he;she;it	has died
we	have died
you	have died
they	have died

Past

I	died
you	died
he;she;it	died
we	died
you	died
they	died

Pluperfect

I	had died
you	had died
he;she;it	had died
we	had died
you	had died
they	had died

Future

I	will die
you	will die
he;she;it	will die
we	will die
you	will die
they	will die

Future Perfect

I	will have died
you	will have died
he;she;it	will have died
we	will have died
you	will have died
they	will have died

Subjunctive

Present

I	die
you	die
he;she;it	die
we	die
you	die
they	die

Perfect

I	have died
you	have died
he;she;it	have died
we	have died
you	have died
they	have died

Imperfect

I	died
you	died
he;she;it	died
we	died
you	died
they	died

Pluperfect

I	had died
you	had died
he;she;it	had died
we	had died
you	had died
they	had died

Conditional

Present

I	would die
you	would die
he;she;it	would die
we	would die
you	would die
they	would die

Perfect

I	would have died
you	would have died
he;she;it	would have died
we	would have died
you	would have died
they	would have died

Imperative

you	die
we	Let's die
you	die

Indicative

Present

I	am dying
you	are dying
he;she;it	is dying
we	are dying
you	are dying
they	are dying

Perfect

I	have been dying
you	have been dying
he;she;it	has been dying
we	have been dying
you	have been dying
they	have been dying

Past

I	was dying
you	were dying
he;she;it	was dying
we	were dying
you	were dying
they	were dying

Pluperfect

I	had been dying
you	had been dying
he;she;it	had been dying
we	had been dying
you	had been dying
they	had been dying

Future

I	will be dying
you	will be dying
he;she;it	will be dying
we	will be dying
you	will be dying
they	will be dying

Future Perfect

I	will have been dying
you	will have been dying
he;she;it	will have been dying
we	will have been dying
you	will have been dying
they	will have been dying

Conditional

Present

I	would be dying
you	would be dying
he;she;it	would be dying
we	would be dying
you	would be dying
they	would be dying

Perfect

I	would have been dying
you	would have been dying
he;she;it	would have been dying
we	would have been dying
you	would have been dying
they	would have been dying

Verbs conjugated like 'die'

assoilyie, belie, bisie, destrie, destruie, die, drie, envie, forelie, forlie, gie, herie, hie, misgie, noie, outlie, outvie, pie, prie, revie, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'die'

dib, dice, diet, dig, dike, dim, dime, din, dine, dip,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to stop living: bite the big one, hop off the twig, join the choir invisible, kick the bucket, push up the daisies, shuffle off this mortal coil, stiff
to die: expire
die: succumb
to die of suffocation: stifle
to stop living; to become dead: auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy it, buy the farm, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, conk out, croak, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, decease, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, exit, expire, flatline, forfare, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go gentle into that good night, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go to glory, go to one's reward, hand in one's dinner pail, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick the bucket, knock off, lose one's life, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass, pass away, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, shuffle off this mortal coil, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, succumb, take a dirt nap, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost
pass away: transpass
expire: decease, go, depart, conk
disappear: part, cease, stop, pass, recede, end, vanish
wither: dissolve, decay, wane, decline, lapse, fade, fail, faint

Antonyms

to stop living; to become dead: be born, breathe, live, rise from the dead, subsist
To give birth; commonly as past participle "born".: bear
To bear or give birth to.: birth
Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.: germinate
To generate; especially non-mammalian beings.: spawn
To grow from seed.: sprout
To give birth.: whelp
To give life to something.: vitalise
To give life to.: vivificate
To bring to life.: vivify
To cause (a dead person) to live again.: raise
To restore to animation or life.: reanimate
To reactivate or reanimate.: reawaken
To reanimate or give new life to.: requicken
To bring life back to life.: resurrect
To return to life.: revive
To bring back to life.: revivify

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ away, ~ back, ~ down, ~ off, ~ out,

Etymology

1. c.1135, possibly from O.Dan. døja or O.N. deyja "to die, pass away," both from P.Gmc. *dawjanan, from PIE base *dheu- "to pass away, become senseless." It has been speculated that O.E. had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms. Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, since they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Du. euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1581. Die-hard is 1844 as a noun, specifically of the 57th Regiment of Foot in the British Army; 1877 as an adj.
2. From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve. See: Middle English 'deyen', Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'.

Verbs referencing "die"

Tok Pisin dai, Scots dee, Swedish dö, Danish dø, Norwegian dø, Albanian vdes, Norwegian, nynorsk døy, Polish dławić.

Sample Sentences

[...] her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of ’ t; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin ’ mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, of a thousand dollars, just for want of management,—there's where ’ t is. It's always best to do the humane thing, sir; that's been _my_ experience. ” And the trader [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] plain that the old lady or gentleman has not long to live; and the plainer this becomes, the more clearly the old lady or gentleman perceives that everybody is in a conspiracy against their poor old dying relative; wherefore the old lady or gentleman makes another last will—positively the last this time—conceals the same in a china teapot, and expires next day. Then it turns out, that the whole of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ I won't be taken, Eliza; I'll _die_ first ! I'll be free, or I'll die ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] not called a small steamboat without reason. I omitted to ask the question, but I should think it must have been of about half a pony power. Mr. Paap, the celebrated Dwarf, might have lived and died happily in the cabin, which was fitted with common sash-windows like an ordinary dwelling-house. These windows had bright-red curtains, too, hung on slack strings across the lower panes; so that it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] in the morning. That is the earliest hour at which the first prisoner can be released; and if an officer appear against him, he is not taken out till nine o’clock or ten.—But if any one among them die in the interval, as one man did, not long ago ? Then he is half-eaten by the rats in an hour 's time; as that man was; and there an end. (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ I know it was—I know it ! ” said she, wildly; “ but I did it ! I wouldn't have thought I could,—I didn't think I should get over, but I didn't care ! I could but die, if I did n't. The Lord helped me; nobody knows how much the Lord can help ’ em, till they try, ” said the woman, with a flashing eye. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] Mr. Wilson, hear what I can tell you. I had a father—one of your Kentucky gentlemen—who didn't think enough of me to keep me from being sold with his dogs and horses, to satisfy the estate, when he died. I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children. They were sold before her eyes, one by one, all to different masters; and I was the youngest. She came and kneeled down before old [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ You'll die if I do, that's the kink of it, ” said Haley,—“no ! ” And he turned on his heel. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] crevices in the floor, the rapid river gleamed, far down below, like a legion of eyes. We had no lamps; and as the horses stumbled and floundered through this place, towards the distant speck of dying light, it seemed interminable. I really could not at first persuade myself as we rumbled heavily on, filling the bridge with hollow noises, and I held down my head to save it from the rafters [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
He would very much like, he said, to see England before he died; and spoke with much interest about the great things to be seen there. When I told him of that chamber in the British Museum wherein are preserved household memorials of a race that ceased to be, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
There was nothing in this world that I wanted that she didn't do for me till she died. (The Lost Days)
I was married, yeah. She died a year ago. (A Line of Fire)
I shall be ashamed to look her in the face. One child died because of India. We have our family now. (Clive of India)
[demonic laughter] [ Moses ] If I die, she dies. [irregular breathing] (Who)
♪ In the dying ♪ ♪ Give in and get out ♪ ♪ We rise in the dying ♪ (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)

die – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of die

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'die'

Verbs similar to 'die'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "die"

Sample Sentences