들끓다 Korean verb conjugation
to swarm, to be rampant
Every form of 들끓다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 들끓는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 들끓어
- -으니Since
- 들끓으니
- 합니다Formal
- 들끓습니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 들끓어요 | 들끓습니다 | 들끓어 | 들끓는다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 들끓었어요 | 들끓었습니다 | 들끓었어 | 들끓었다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 들끓겠어요 | 들끓겠습니다 | 들끓겠어 | 들끓겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 들끓을 거예요 | 들끓을 것입니다 | 들끓을 거야 | 들끓을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 들끓어요? | 들끓습니까? | 들끓어? | 들끓니? |
| 과거Past | 들끓었어요? | 들끓었습니까? | 들끓었어? | 들끓었니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 들끓으세요 | 들끓으십시오 | 들끓어 | 들끓어라 |
| 청유Let's | 들끓어요 | 들끓읍시다 | 들끓어 | 들끓자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 들끓어요 | 안 들끓습니다 | 안 들끓어 | 안 들끓는다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 들끓지 않아요 | 들끓지 않습니다 | 들끓지 않아 | 들끓지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 들끓어요 | 못 들끓습니다 | 못 들끓어 | 못 들끓는다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 들끓으세요 | 들끓으십니다 | 들끓으셔 | 들끓으신다 |
| 과거Past | 들끓으셨어요 | 들끓으셨습니다 | 들끓으셨어 | 들끓으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 들끓는
- 과거Past
- 들끓은
- 미래Future
- 들끓을
- 회상Used to
- 들끓던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 들끓고
- -게-ly / so that
- 들끓게
- -어서so / and then
- 들끓어서
- -으니까since
- 들끓으니까
- -으면if / when
- 들끓으면
- -지만but
- 들끓지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 들끓는데
- -어도even if
- 들끓어도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 들끓고 있어요 | 들끓고 있습니다 | 들끓고 있어 | 들끓고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 들끓고 있었어요 | 들끓고 있었습니다 | 들끓고 있었어 | 들끓고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1에 2가 들끓다
- 1이 들끓다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
제가 알기로 록스베리는 보스턴의 빈곤 지역이고 총기와 마약 범죄가 들끓는 곳이었습니다.
I knew of Roxbury as an impoverished neighborhood in Boston, plagued by gun violence and drug crime.
그게 열정이죠. 우리의 정신과 에너지를 들끓게 합니다.
It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy.
제프의 들끓는 피가 점점 밑으로 내려간다
The blood leaves Jeff's head and slowly makes its way to his midsection.
많은 캐리비안 섬이 금방 이 돼지들로 들끓게 되었지요.
Pigs in fact were the quickest to adapt and many Caribbean Islands were soon overrun by these pigs.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 들끓다 in Korean?
들끓다 (to swarm, to be rampant) is 들끓어요 in the polite 해요체, 들끓습니다 in formal 합니다체, 들끓어 in casual 반말 and 들끓는다 in the plain written style. The past is 들끓었어요.
What is the past tense of 들끓다?
들끓었어요 in everyday polite speech, 들끓었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 들끓어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 들끓다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들끓습니다, 들끓어, 들끓으니 all keep 들끓 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 들끓다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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