덧없다

transient, fleeting. 무상하다

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
덧없는
아/어Infinitive
덧없어
-으니Since
덧없으니
합니다Formal
덧없습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 덧없어요덧없습니다덧없어덧없다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 덧없었어요덧없었습니다덧없었어덧없었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 덧없겠어요덧없겠습니다덧없겠어덧없겠다
-을 것이다Going to 덧없을 거예요덧없을 것입니다덧없을 거야덧없을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 덧없어요?덧없습니까?덧없어?덧없으니?
과거Past 덧없었어요?덧없었습니까?덧없었어?덧없었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 덧없어요안 덧없습니다안 덧없어안 덧없다
-지 않다Not (long) 덧없지 않아요덧없지 않습니다덧없지 않아덧없지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 덧없으세요덧없으십니다덧없으셔덧없으시다
과거Past 덧없으셨어요덧없으셨습니다덧없으셨어덧없으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
덧없는
과거Past
덧없은
미래Future
덧없을
회상Used to
덧없던

Joining clauses

-고and
덧없고
-게-ly / so that
덧없게
-어서so / and then
덧없어서
-으니까since
덧없으니까
-으면if / when
덧없으면
-지만but
덧없지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
덧없는데
-어도even if
덧없어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

너무나 부서지기 쉽다는 것. 그 연약함이 삶을 덧없게 하죠.

It's utterly fragile, and fragility gives life its poignancy.

화석 기록의 특성이 이 행성에서의 우리의 위치가 불안정하고 덧없을 가능성이 있음을 알려줍니다.

And the nature of the fossil record tells us that our place on this planet is both precarious and potentially fleeting.

전 덧없는 이미지를 봤어요 그러나 아직은 확실치 않습니다

I-I've had fleeting images, but as yet, their meaning is unclear.

벚꽃 그 자체로는 그다지 인상적인 부분은 없습니다. 사과나무나 오렌지 나무와 다름없죠. 하지만 덧없음에서 그것들과 차별됩니다.

The cherry blossom in and of itself is no more impressive than that of an apple or orange tree, but what sets it apart is its brevity.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 덧없다 in Korean?

덧없다 (transient, fleeting. 무상하다) is 덧없어요 in the polite 해요체, 덧없습니다 in formal 합니다체, 덧없어 in casual 반말 and 덧없다 in the plain written style. The past is 덧없었어요.

What is the past tense of 덧없다?

덧없었어요 in everyday polite speech, 덧없었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 덧없어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 덧없다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 덧없습니다, 덧없어, 덧없으니 all keep 덧없 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 덧없다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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