Infinitive
singen; to singen; singe
Participles
| Present | singynge; singende |
| Past | sungen; sunge |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | singe |
| 2nd sing. | singest |
| 3rd sing. | singeth |
| 1st plur. | singen; singe; singeth |
| 2nd plur. | singen; singe; singeth |
| 3rd plur. | singen; singe; singeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | song; sang |
| 2nd sing. | sunge; sange |
| 3rd sing. | song; sang |
| 1st plur. | sungen; sunge; sangen; sange |
| 2nd plur. | sungen; sunge; sangen; sange |
| 3rd plur. | sungen; sunge; sangen; sange |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | singe |
| 2nd sing. | singe |
| 3rd sing. | singe |
Past
| 1st sing. | sunge; sange |
| 2nd sing. | sunge; sange |
| 3rd sing. | sunge; sange |
Imperative
| Singular | singe |
| Plural | singeth; singe |
Verbs conjugated like singen
singen,
Etymology
From Old English singan (“to sing”). Cognate with Middle Dutch singen, Middle High German singen, Old Swedish siunga, and Crimean Gothic singhen. See: Old English '
singan', Middle Dutch '
singen', Middle High German '
singen', Old Swedish '
siunga'.
Verbs referencing "singen"
English
sing.
Sample Sentences
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Þan were matynys & masse & euen song, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of synful men, to be songen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe sentence & vnderstondynge of þat þat was þus songen, & to maken men wery & vndisposid to studie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis[…] (Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]) [a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of song, of þe ordynal of salisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly bysynesse of prestis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:]
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Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med (Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom) [a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sumer_is_icumen_in_(MS_Harley_978)):]
Cognates
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