Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to north
Participle: northed
Gerund: northing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | north |
| you | north |
| he;she;it | norths |
| we | north |
| you | north |
| they | north |
Perfect
| I | have northed |
| you | have northed |
| he;she;it | has northed |
| we | have northed |
| you | have northed |
| they | have northed |
Past
| I | northed |
| you | northed |
| he;she;it | northed |
| we | northed |
| you | northed |
| they | northed |
Pluperfect
| I | had northed |
| you | had northed |
| he;she;it | had northed |
| we | had northed |
| you | had northed |
| they | had northed |
Future
| I | will north |
| you | will north |
| he;she;it | will north |
| we | will north |
| you | will north |
| they | will north |
Future Perfect
| I | will have northed |
| you | will have northed |
| he;she;it | will have northed |
| we | will have northed |
| you | will have northed |
| they | will have northed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | north |
| you | north |
| he;she;it | north |
| we | north |
| you | north |
| they | north |
Perfect
| I | have northed |
| you | have northed |
| he;she;it | have northed |
| we | have northed |
| you | have northed |
| they | have northed |
Imperfect
| I | northed |
| you | northed |
| he;she;it | northed |
| we | northed |
| you | northed |
| they | northed |
Pluperfect
| I | had northed |
| you | had northed |
| he;she;it | had northed |
| we | had northed |
| you | had northed |
| they | had northed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would north |
| you | would north |
| he;she;it | would north |
| we | would north |
| you | would north |
| they | would north |
Perfect
| I | would have northed |
| you | would have northed |
| he;she;it | would have northed |
| we | would have northed |
| you | would have northed |
| they | would have northed |
Imperative
| you | north |
| we | Let's north |
| you | north |
Verbs conjugated like 'north'
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 'north'
forth,
worth,
berth,
birth,
coath,
dort,
earth,
fort,
girth,
loath,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *nér
3. Proto-Indo-European *-teros
4. Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros
5. Proto-Germanic *nurþraz
6. Proto-West Germanic *norþr
7. Old English norþ
8. Middle English north
9. English north
10. From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”). The meaning developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying".
11. Cognates
12. Cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Yola noardth, nordh (“north”), North Frisian noor, nord, nuurd, Nuurđ (“north”), Saterland Frisian Noude, Nudde (“north”), West Frisian noard (“north”), Dutch noord (“north”), German Nord (“north”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk nord (“north”), Faroese and Icelandic norður (“north”), Swedish nord, norr (“north”); also with Ancient Greek νέρτερος (nérteros), ἐνέρτερος (enérteros, “below”), Russian нора (nora, “hole”), Lithuanian nėrõvė (“mermaid, nymph”), Oscan 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌊 (nertrak, “left”), Umbrian nertru (“left”), Sanskrit नरक (naraka, “hell”), Tocharian B ñor (“below”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Noude'.
Sample Sentences
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When at B you had northed 3.71[…] [1769, Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved, page 239:]