fish – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fish

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fish
Participle: fished
Gerund: fishing

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of fish

Indicative

Present

Ifish
youfish
he;she;itfishes
wefish
youfish
theyfish

Perfect

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

Past

Ifished
youfished
he;she;itfished
wefished
youfished
theyfished

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ifish
youfish
he;she;itfish
wefish
youfish
theyfish

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ifished
youfished
he;she;itfished
wefished
youfished
theyfished

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youfish
weLet's fish
youfish

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fish'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'fish'

dish, fash, fisk, fiss, fist, hish, pish, wish, ash, bash,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

try to catch a fish
angle, drop in a line
try to find something
rifle, rummage
attempt to gain (compliments, etc)
angle

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fiskje (“to fish”), Dutch vissen (“to fish”), German fischen (“to fish”), Limburgish vésche, vèsse (“to fish”), Luxembourgish fëschen (“to fish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fiske (“to fish”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish fiska (“to fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (fiskōn, “to fish”). See: Old English 'fiscian', Proto-Germanic '*fiskōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'fiskje', Dutch 'vissen', German, old spelling 'fischen', Luxembourgish 'fëschen', Norwegian, nynorsk 'fiske', Swedish 'fiska'.

Verbs referencing "fish"

Sranan fisi, Luxembourgish fëschen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] The washing accommodations were primitive. There was a tin ladle chained to the deck, with which every gentleman who thought it necessary to cleanse himself (many were superior to this weakness ), fished the dirty water out of the canal, and poured it into a tin basin, secured in like manner. There was also a jack-towel. And, hanging up before a little looking-glass in the bar, in the immediate [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)