Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stalk
Participle: stalked
Gerund: stalking
Indicative
Present
| I | stalk |
| you | stalk |
| he;she;it | stalks |
| we | stalk |
| you | stalk |
| they | stalk |
Perfect
| I | have stalked |
| you | have stalked |
| he;she;it | has stalked |
| we | have stalked |
| you | have stalked |
| they | have stalked |
Past
| I | stalked |
| you | stalked |
| he;she;it | stalked |
| we | stalked |
| you | stalked |
| they | stalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had stalked |
| you | had stalked |
| he;she;it | had stalked |
| we | had stalked |
| you | had stalked |
| they | had stalked |
Future
| I | will stalk |
| you | will stalk |
| he;she;it | will stalk |
| we | will stalk |
| you | will stalk |
| they | will stalk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stalked |
| you | will have stalked |
| he;she;it | will have stalked |
| we | will have stalked |
| you | will have stalked |
| they | will have stalked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stalk |
| you | stalk |
| he;she;it | stalk |
| we | stalk |
| you | stalk |
| they | stalk |
Perfect
| I | have stalked |
| you | have stalked |
| he;she;it | have stalked |
| we | have stalked |
| you | have stalked |
| they | have stalked |
Imperfect
| I | stalked |
| you | stalked |
| he;she;it | stalked |
| we | stalked |
| you | stalked |
| they | stalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had stalked |
| you | had stalked |
| he;she;it | had stalked |
| we | had stalked |
| you | had stalked |
| they | had stalked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stalk |
| you | would stalk |
| he;she;it | would stalk |
| we | would stalk |
| you | would stalk |
| they | would stalk |
Perfect
| I | would have stalked |
| you | would have stalked |
| he;she;it | would have stalked |
| we | would have stalked |
| you | would have stalked |
| they | would have stalked |
Imperative
| you | stalk |
| we | Let's stalk |
| you | stalk |
Verbs conjugated like 'stalk'
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 'stalk'
stack,
stale,
stall,
stank,
stark,
talk,
balk,
betalk,
calk,
chalk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English stalken, from Old English *stealcian (as in bestealcian (“to move stealthily”), stealcung (“stalking”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stalukōn, from Proto-Germanic *stalukōną (“to stalk, move stealthily”) (compare Dutch stelkeren, stolkeren (“to tip-toe, tread carefully”), Danish stalke (“to high step, stalk”), Norwegian dialectal stalka (“to trudge”)), from *stalkaz, *stelkaz (compare Old English stealc (“steep”), Old Norse stelkr, stjalkr (“knot (bird), red sandpiper”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telg, *(s)tolg- (compare Middle Irish tolg (“strength”), Lithuanian stalgùs (“stiff, defiant, proud”)).
2. Alternate etymology connects Proto-Germanic *stalkōną to a frequentative form of *stelaną (“to steal”). See: Middle English '
stalken', Proto-Germanic '
*stalukōną', Dutch '
stelkeren', Danish '
stalke'.
Verbs referencing "stalk"
Dutch
stalken.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the path of events; and there was from time to time giggling news brought into the kitchen that “ Mas’r Haley was mighty oneasy, and that he couldn't sit in his cheer no ways, but was a walkin ’ and stalkin ’ to the winders and through the porch. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] its effect has not become apparent, in some disordered train of thought, or some gloomy hallucination. What monstrous phantoms, bred of despondency and doubt, and born and reared in solitude, have stalked upon the earth, making creation ugly, and darkening the face of Heaven !
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Presently, there stalked into this apartment, a grim old Shaker, with eyes as hard, and dull, and cold, as the great round metal buttons on his coat and waistcoat; a sort of calm goblin. Being informed of our desire, he [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] much stock upon a farm, or at a show of beasts:—do we not know that that man, whenever his wrath is kindled up, will be a brutal savage ? Do we not know that as he is a coward in his domestic life, stalking among his shrinking men and women slaves armed with his heavy whip, so he will be a coward out of doors, and carrying cowards ’ weapons hidden in his breast, will shoot men down and stab them when [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)