nod – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of nod

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to nod
Participle: nodded
Gerund: nodding

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Inod
younod
he;she;itnods
wenod
younod
theynod

Perfect

Ihave nodded
youhave nodded
he;she;ithas nodded
wehave nodded
youhave nodded
theyhave nodded

Past

Inodded
younodded
he;she;itnodded
wenodded
younodded
theynodded

Pluperfect

Ihad nodded
youhad nodded
he;she;ithad nodded
wehad nodded
youhad nodded
theyhad nodded

Future

Iwill nod
youwill nod
he;she;itwill nod
wewill nod
youwill nod
theywill nod

Future Perfect

Iwill have nodded
youwill have nodded
he;she;itwill have nodded
wewill have nodded
youwill have nodded
theywill have nodded

Subjunctive

Present

Inod
younod
he;she;itnod
wenod
younod
theynod

Perfect

Ihave nodded
youhave nodded
he;she;ithave nodded
wehave nodded
youhave nodded
theyhave nodded

Imperfect

Inodded
younodded
he;she;itnodded
wenodded
younodded
theynodded

Pluperfect

Ihad nodded
youhad nodded
he;she;ithad nodded
wehad nodded
youhad nodded
theyhad nodded

Conditional

Present

Iwould nod
youwould nod
he;she;itwould nod
wewould nod
youwould nod
theywould nod

Perfect

Iwould have nodded
youwould have nodded
he;she;itwould have nodded
wewould have nodded
youwould have nodded
theywould have nodded

Imperative

younod
weLet's nod
younod

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam nodding
youare nodding
he;she;itis nodding
weare nodding
youare nodding
theyare nodding

Perfect

Ihave been nodding
youhave been nodding
he;she;ithas been nodding
wehave been nodding
youhave been nodding
theyhave been nodding

Past

Iwas nodding
youwere nodding
he;she;itwas nodding
wewere nodding
youwere nodding
theywere nodding

Pluperfect

Ihad been nodding
youhad been nodding
he;she;ithad been nodding
wehad been nodding
youhad been nodding
theyhad been nodding

Future

Iwill be nodding
youwill be nodding
he;she;itwill be nodding
wewill be nodding
youwill be nodding
theywill be nodding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been nodding
youwill have been nodding
he;she;itwill have been nodding
wewill have been nodding
youwill have been nodding
theywill have been nodding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be nodding
youwould be nodding
he;she;itwould be nodding
wewould be nodding
youwould be nodding
theywould be nodding

Perfect

Iwould have been nodding
youwould have been nodding
he;she;itwould have been nodding
wewould have been nodding
youwould have been nodding
theywould have been nodding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'nod'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'nod'

cod, dod, gnod, god, hod, mod, nob, nog, nom, nop,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

agree
approve, consent, bend, concur, acquiesce, assent, greet, signal
drowse
nap, doze, sleep, drift

Antonyms

agree
disagree, differ, dissent, dispute

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "to quickly bow the head," c.1386, of unknown origin, probably an O.E. word, but not recorded; perhaps related to O.H.G. hnoton "to shake," from P.Gmc. *khnudojanan. The noun is first attested 1540. Meaning "to drift in and out of consciousness while on drugs" is attested from 1968.
2. From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”). See: Proto-Germanic '*hnudōną', German, old spelling 'notteln', Faroese 'njóða', Icelandic 'hnjóða', Faroese 'noða', Icelandic 'hnoða'.

Sample Sentences

  • Haley nodded, and smoked on. “ Plantation hand ? ” said the man. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] ’ he said, at last, ‘is an English boot, is it ? This is a London boot, eh ? ’ ‘That, sir, ’ I replied, ‘is a London boot. ’ He mused over it again, after the manner of Hamlet with Yorick 's skull; nodded his head, as who should say, ‘I pity the Institutions that led to the production of this boot ! ’; rose; put up his pencil, notes, and paper—glancing at himself in the glass, all the time—put on his [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)