Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stern
Participle: sterned
Gerund: sterning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stern |
| you | stern |
| he;she;it | sterns |
| we | stern |
| you | stern |
| they | stern |
Perfect
| I | have sterned |
| you | have sterned |
| he;she;it | has sterned |
| we | have sterned |
| you | have sterned |
| they | have sterned |
Past
| I | sterned |
| you | sterned |
| he;she;it | sterned |
| we | sterned |
| you | sterned |
| they | sterned |
Pluperfect
| I | had sterned |
| you | had sterned |
| he;she;it | had sterned |
| we | had sterned |
| you | had sterned |
| they | had sterned |
Future
| I | will stern |
| you | will stern |
| he;she;it | will stern |
| we | will stern |
| you | will stern |
| they | will stern |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sterned |
| you | will have sterned |
| he;she;it | will have sterned |
| we | will have sterned |
| you | will have sterned |
| they | will have sterned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stern |
| you | stern |
| he;she;it | stern |
| we | stern |
| you | stern |
| they | stern |
Perfect
| I | have sterned |
| you | have sterned |
| he;she;it | have sterned |
| we | have sterned |
| you | have sterned |
| they | have sterned |
Imperfect
| I | sterned |
| you | sterned |
| he;she;it | sterned |
| we | sterned |
| you | sterned |
| they | sterned |
Pluperfect
| I | had sterned |
| you | had sterned |
| he;she;it | had sterned |
| we | had sterned |
| you | had sterned |
| they | had sterned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stern |
| you | would stern |
| he;she;it | would stern |
| we | would stern |
| you | would stern |
| they | would stern |
Perfect
| I | would have sterned |
| you | would have sterned |
| he;she;it | would have sterned |
| we | would have sterned |
| you | would have sterned |
| they | would have sterned |
Imperative
| you | stern |
| we | Let's stern |
| you | stern |
Verbs conjugated like 'stern'
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 'stern'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sterne, likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, whence also English steer. Also possibly from Old Frisian stiarne (“rudder”), from the same Germanic root. The sense referring to a management post alludes to the fact that a sailing ship's captain would often stand on an aft deck. See: Proto-Germanic '
*stiurijaną'.
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