Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to germ
Participle: germed
Gerund: germing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | germ |
| you | germ |
| he;she;it | germs |
| we | germ |
| you | germ |
| they | germ |
Perfect
| I | have germed |
| you | have germed |
| he;she;it | has germed |
| we | have germed |
| you | have germed |
| they | have germed |
Past
| I | germed |
| you | germed |
| he;she;it | germed |
| we | germed |
| you | germed |
| they | germed |
Pluperfect
| I | had germed |
| you | had germed |
| he;she;it | had germed |
| we | had germed |
| you | had germed |
| they | had germed |
Future
| I | will germ |
| you | will germ |
| he;she;it | will germ |
| we | will germ |
| you | will germ |
| they | will germ |
Future Perfect
| I | will have germed |
| you | will have germed |
| he;she;it | will have germed |
| we | will have germed |
| you | will have germed |
| they | will have germed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | germ |
| you | germ |
| he;she;it | germ |
| we | germ |
| you | germ |
| they | germ |
Perfect
| I | have germed |
| you | have germed |
| he;she;it | have germed |
| we | have germed |
| you | have germed |
| they | have germed |
Imperfect
| I | germed |
| you | germed |
| he;she;it | germed |
| we | germed |
| you | germed |
| they | germed |
Pluperfect
| I | had germed |
| you | had germed |
| he;she;it | had germed |
| we | had germed |
| you | had germed |
| they | had germed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would germ |
| you | would germ |
| he;she;it | would germ |
| we | would germ |
| you | would germ |
| they | would germ |
Perfect
| I | would have germed |
| you | would have germed |
| he;she;it | would have germed |
| we | would have germed |
| you | would have germed |
| they | would have germed |
Imperative
| you | germ |
| we | Let's germ |
| you | germ |
Verbs conjugated like 'germ'
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 'germ'
berm,
gem,
gern,
gorm,
perm,
term,
arm,
barm,
beam,
bere,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1644, "rudiment of a new organism in an existing one," from M.Fr. germe, from L. germen (gen. germinis) "sprout, bud," from PIE base *gen- "to beget, bear" (cf. Skt. janman "birth, origin;" see genus). The original sense is preserved in wheat germ and germ of an idea; sense of "seed of a disease" first recorded 1803; that of "harmful microorganism" dates from 1871.
2. From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.
Sample Sentences
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Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew. [1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy:]
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I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love [2011, Black Eyed Peas, Just Can't Get Enough:]