sneak – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sneak

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Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sneak
Participle: sneaked
Gerund: sneaking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isneak
yousneak
he;she;itsneaks
wesneak
yousneak
theysneak

Perfect

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

Past

Isneaked
yousneaked
he;she;itsneaked
wesneaked
yousneaked
theysneaked

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Isneak
yousneak
he;she;itsneak
wesneak
yousneak
theysneak

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Isneaked
yousneaked
he;she;itsneaked
wesneaked
yousneaked
theysneaked

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yousneak
weLet's sneak
yousneak

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sneak'

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 'sneak'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to move stealthily
creep, hake, shug, skulk, slink, slive, steal, tiptoe

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English snīcan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīkan, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), of sound-symbolic origin; compare formally unrelated snake, snoop, snook, snoke, and snoot. Cognate with Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”). Possibly related to snitch. See: Proto-Germanic '*snīkaną', Danish 'snige', Swedish 'snika', Icelandic 'sníkja'.

Verbs referencing "sneak"

Dutch sneaken, Danish snige.

Sample Sentences

  • He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.
  • Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century." [1885 July 9, The Hamilton Spectator, page 4:]
  • Near-synonyms: pilfer, filch
  • I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.
  • She asked me to sneak her a phone next month.
  • [Slander] sneaks its head. [1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture:]
  • If you sneak on me I'll bash you!