Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swan
Participle: swanned
Gerund: swanning
Indicative
Present
| I | swan |
| you | swan |
| he;she;it | swans |
| we | swan |
| you | swan |
| they | swan |
Perfect
| I | have swanned |
| you | have swanned |
| he;she;it | has swanned |
| we | have swanned |
| you | have swanned |
| they | have swanned |
Past
| I | swanned |
| you | swanned |
| he;she;it | swanned |
| we | swanned |
| you | swanned |
| they | swanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had swanned |
| you | had swanned |
| he;she;it | had swanned |
| we | had swanned |
| you | had swanned |
| they | had swanned |
Future
| I | will swan |
| you | will swan |
| he;she;it | will swan |
| we | will swan |
| you | will swan |
| they | will swan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swanned |
| you | will have swanned |
| he;she;it | will have swanned |
| we | will have swanned |
| you | will have swanned |
| they | will have swanned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swan |
| you | swan |
| he;she;it | swan |
| we | swan |
| you | swan |
| they | swan |
Perfect
| I | have swanned |
| you | have swanned |
| he;she;it | have swanned |
| we | have swanned |
| you | have swanned |
| they | have swanned |
Imperfect
| I | swanned |
| you | swanned |
| he;she;it | swanned |
| we | swanned |
| you | swanned |
| they | swanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had swanned |
| you | had swanned |
| he;she;it | had swanned |
| we | had swanned |
| you | had swanned |
| they | had swanned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swan |
| you | would swan |
| he;she;it | would swan |
| we | would swan |
| you | would swan |
| they | would swan |
Perfect
| I | would have swanned |
| you | would have swanned |
| he;she;it | would have swanned |
| we | would have swanned |
| you | would have swanned |
| they | would have swanned |
Imperative
| you | swan |
| we | Let's swan |
| you | swan |
Verbs conjugated like 'swan'
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 'swan'
scan,
sean,
span,
stan,
swab,
swag,
swang,
swank,
swap,
swat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder.
4. Proto-Germanic *swanaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *swan
6. Old English swan
7. Middle English swan
8. English swan
9. From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”).
10. Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”).
11. Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”).
12. Doublet of sound. See: Danish '
svane', Old English '
swinsian', Sanskrit '
स्वन्'.
Sample Sentences
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He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world. [2010, Lee Rourke, The Canal, Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, unnumbered page:]
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One of the few strokes of good luck Emma had had in recent days was the news that Tatiana Flint-Hamilton, her only real rival for top billing as 'most photographable girl' at today's event had decided to swan off to Sardinia instead, leaving the limelight entirely to Emma. [2013, Tilly Bagshawe, One Summer’s Afternoon, HarperCollins, →ISBN:]
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On the other side: the rich, beautiful tapestry of WASP culture that constituted Levis's life—friends playing horseshoes at backyard cocktail parties, where girls swanned in chaise longues, clinking their gin and tonics. [2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:]
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He developed the Capitalcard, which combined Tube and train travel - a return fare from a NSE station would include free Tube travel for the day after 0930, with the slogan 'Swanning around London' on posters featuring the bird. [2026 April 1, Christian Wolmar, “Managers must be given freedom to make decisions”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 35:]