behearken – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of behearken

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to behearken
Participle: behearkened
Gerund: behearkening

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibehearken
youbehearken
he;she;itbehearkens
webehearken
youbehearken
theybehearken

Perfect

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

Past

Ibehearkened
youbehearkened
he;she;itbehearkened
webehearkened
youbehearkened
theybehearkened

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ibehearken
youbehearken
he;she;itbehearken
webehearken
youbehearken
theybehearken

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ibehearkened
youbehearkened
he;she;itbehearkened
webehearkened
youbehearkened
theybehearkened

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbehearken
weLet's behearken
youbehearken

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'behearken'

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 'behearken'

bedarken, hearken, barken, bedeafen, behappen, behear, beheart, beyearn, bleaken, deharden,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From be- + hearken. Cognate with West Frisian beharkje (“to listen, listen to”).

Sample Sentences

  • The king prayed he might behearken mass first, and that was done. [1895, Snorri Sturluson, The Saga Library:]