Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to den
Participle: denned
Gerund: denning
Indicative
Present
| I | den |
| you | den |
| he;she;it | dens |
| we | den |
| you | den |
| they | den |
Perfect
| I | have denned |
| you | have denned |
| he;she;it | has denned |
| we | have denned |
| you | have denned |
| they | have denned |
Past
| I | denned |
| you | denned |
| he;she;it | denned |
| we | denned |
| you | denned |
| they | denned |
Pluperfect
| I | had denned |
| you | had denned |
| he;she;it | had denned |
| we | had denned |
| you | had denned |
| they | had denned |
Future
| I | will den |
| you | will den |
| he;she;it | will den |
| we | will den |
| you | will den |
| they | will den |
Future Perfect
| I | will have denned |
| you | will have denned |
| he;she;it | will have denned |
| we | will have denned |
| you | will have denned |
| they | will have denned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | den |
| you | den |
| he;she;it | den |
| we | den |
| you | den |
| they | den |
Perfect
| I | have denned |
| you | have denned |
| he;she;it | have denned |
| we | have denned |
| you | have denned |
| they | have denned |
Imperfect
| I | denned |
| you | denned |
| he;she;it | denned |
| we | denned |
| you | denned |
| they | denned |
Pluperfect
| I | had denned |
| you | had denned |
| he;she;it | had denned |
| we | had denned |
| you | had denned |
| they | had denned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would den |
| you | would den |
| he;she;it | would den |
| we | would den |
| you | would den |
| they | would den |
Perfect
| I | would have denned |
| you | would have denned |
| he;she;it | would have denned |
| we | would have denned |
| you | would have denned |
| they | would have denned |
Imperative
| you | den |
| we | Let's den |
| you | den |
Verbs conjugated like 'den'
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 'den'
dean,
deg,
dent,
deny,
dern,
dew,
din,
don,
dun,
gen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Middle Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor, barn for threshing”). See: Dutch '
den'.
Sample Sentences
-
[...] again. My flesh is fairly sore, and I tremble all over, every day, and Sambo's allers a jawin ’ at me, ’ cause I doesn't pick faster; and nights it's most midnight ’ fore I can get my supper; and den ’ pears like I don't turn over and shut my eyes, ’ fore I hear de horn blow to get up, and at it agin in de mornin ’. If I knew whar de Lor was, I'd tell him. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)