Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dern
Participle: derned
Gerund: derning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dern |
| you | dern |
| he;she;it | derns |
| we | dern |
| you | dern |
| they | dern |
Perfect
| I | have derned |
| you | have derned |
| he;she;it | has derned |
| we | have derned |
| you | have derned |
| they | have derned |
Past
| I | derned |
| you | derned |
| he;she;it | derned |
| we | derned |
| you | derned |
| they | derned |
Pluperfect
| I | had derned |
| you | had derned |
| he;she;it | had derned |
| we | had derned |
| you | had derned |
| they | had derned |
Future
| I | will dern |
| you | will dern |
| he;she;it | will dern |
| we | will dern |
| you | will dern |
| they | will dern |
Future Perfect
| I | will have derned |
| you | will have derned |
| he;she;it | will have derned |
| we | will have derned |
| you | will have derned |
| they | will have derned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dern |
| you | dern |
| he;she;it | dern |
| we | dern |
| you | dern |
| they | dern |
Perfect
| I | have derned |
| you | have derned |
| he;she;it | have derned |
| we | have derned |
| you | have derned |
| they | have derned |
Imperfect
| I | derned |
| you | derned |
| he;she;it | derned |
| we | derned |
| you | derned |
| they | derned |
Pluperfect
| I | had derned |
| you | had derned |
| he;she;it | had derned |
| we | had derned |
| you | had derned |
| they | had derned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dern |
| you | would dern |
| he;she;it | would dern |
| we | would dern |
| you | would dern |
| they | would dern |
Perfect
| I | would have derned |
| you | would have derned |
| he;she;it | would have derned |
| we | would have derned |
| you | would have derned |
| they | would have derned |
Imperative
| you | dern |
| we | Let's dern |
| you | dern |
Verbs conjugated like 'dern'
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 'dern'
darn,
dean,
dearn,
den,
dere,
derne,
derp,
ern,
gern,
kern,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English dernen, dærnen, from Old English dyrnan, diernan (“to keep secret, conceal, hide, restrain, repress, hide oneself”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”), from *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Cognate with Old Saxon dernian (“to conceal”), German tarnen (“to camouflage, disguise”). See also darn, tarnish. See: Middle English '
dernen', Old Saxon '
dernian', German, old spelling '
tarnen'.
Sample Sentences
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He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth. [1865, Hugh Miller, My schools and schoolmasters:]
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But look how soon they heard of Holoferne / Their courage quail'd, and they began to derne. [1584, Thomas Hudson, Judith:]