Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to niggard
Participle: niggarded
Gerund: niggarding
Indicative
Present
| I | niggard |
| you | niggard |
| he;she;it | niggards |
| we | niggard |
| you | niggard |
| they | niggard |
Perfect
| I | have niggarded |
| you | have niggarded |
| he;she;it | has niggarded |
| we | have niggarded |
| you | have niggarded |
| they | have niggarded |
Past
| I | niggarded |
| you | niggarded |
| he;she;it | niggarded |
| we | niggarded |
| you | niggarded |
| they | niggarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had niggarded |
| you | had niggarded |
| he;she;it | had niggarded |
| we | had niggarded |
| you | had niggarded |
| they | had niggarded |
Future
| I | will niggard |
| you | will niggard |
| he;she;it | will niggard |
| we | will niggard |
| you | will niggard |
| they | will niggard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have niggarded |
| you | will have niggarded |
| he;she;it | will have niggarded |
| we | will have niggarded |
| you | will have niggarded |
| they | will have niggarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | niggard |
| you | niggard |
| he;she;it | niggard |
| we | niggard |
| you | niggard |
| they | niggard |
Perfect
| I | have niggarded |
| you | have niggarded |
| he;she;it | have niggarded |
| we | have niggarded |
| you | have niggarded |
| they | have niggarded |
Imperfect
| I | niggarded |
| you | niggarded |
| he;she;it | niggarded |
| we | niggarded |
| you | niggarded |
| they | niggarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had niggarded |
| you | had niggarded |
| he;she;it | had niggarded |
| we | had niggarded |
| you | had niggarded |
| they | had niggarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would niggard |
| you | would niggard |
| he;she;it | would niggard |
| we | would niggard |
| you | would niggard |
| they | would niggard |
Perfect
| I | would have niggarded |
| you | would have niggarded |
| he;she;it | would have niggarded |
| we | would have niggarded |
| you | would have niggarded |
| they | would have niggarded |
Imperative
| you | niggard |
| we | Let's niggard |
| you | niggard |
Verbs conjugated like 'niggard'
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 'niggard'
nigger,
beggar,
bigger,
discard,
enguard,
figger,
gard,
guard,
inlard,
jigger,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English nigard, nygard (“miser”), from nig (“niggardly person”), possibly of Scandinavian origin;
2. compare Old Icelandic hnøggr (“miserly, stingy”), Old Norse *hniggw, with descendants Swedish njugg (“stingy”), dialectal Swedish niggla (“be stingy”), dialectal Norwegian nigla.
3. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnauwjaz, source of Old English hneaw (“stingy”), replaced by Middle English nig.
4. Possibly cognate to niggle (“miser”).
5. Compare German Knicker (“niggard”), knickerig (“niggardly”). Unrelated to the word nigger, but see the usage notes. See: Swedish '
niggla'.
Sample Sentences
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Within thine owne bud burieſt thy content, / And tender chorle makſt waſt in niggarding: […] [1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 1”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:]