horn – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of horn

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to horn
Participle: horned
Gerund: horning

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of horn

Indicative

Present

Ihorn
youhorn
he;she;ithorns
wehorn
youhorn
theyhorn

Perfect

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

Past

Ihorned
youhorned
he;she;ithorned
wehorned
youhorned
theyhorned

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ihorn
youhorn
he;she;ithorn
wehorn
youhorn
theyhorn

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ihorned
youhorned
he;she;ithorned
wehorned
youhorned
theyhorned

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youhorn
weLet's horn
youhorn

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'horn'

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 'horn'

corn, hoon, hork, norn, orn, sorn, thorn, adorn, anorn, barn,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to cuckold; to make someone a cuckold or cuckquean
behorn, cuck, cuckold, cuckoldize, hornify, put horns on

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
4. ?
5. Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.
6. Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m
7. Proto-Germanic *hurną
8. Proto-West Germanic *horn
9. Old English horn
10. Middle English horn
11. English horn
12. From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).
13. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Compare Breton kern (“horn”), Latin cornū, Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), Proto-Slavic *sьrna, Old Church Slavonic сьрна (sĭrna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Persian سر (sar), Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and cornu.
14. (telephone): From the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes. See: Dutch 'hoorn', Low Saxon 'Hoorn'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] not be a partner in that matter. To have a great gang of seven hundred, whom I could not know personally, or feel any individual interest in, bought and driven, housed, fed, worked like so many horned cattle, strained up to military precision,—the question of how little of life's commonest enjoyments would keep them in working order being a constantly recurring problem,—the necessity of drivers [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] 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)