업신여기다 Korean verb conjugation

to look down on

Every form of 업신여기다 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
업신여기는
아/어Infinitive
업신여겨
-으니Since
업신여기니
합니다Formal
업신여깁니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 업신여겨요업신여깁니다업신여겨업신여긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 업신여겼어요업신여겼습니다업신여겼어업신여겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 업신여기겠어요업신여기겠습니다업신여기겠어업신여기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 업신여길 거예요업신여길 것입니다업신여길 거야업신여길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 업신여겨요?업신여깁니까?업신여겨?업신여기니?
과거Past 업신여겼어요?업신여겼습니까?업신여겼어?업신여겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 업신여기세요업신여기십시오업신여겨업신여겨라
청유Let's 업신여겨요업신여깁시다업신여겨업신여기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 업신여겨요안 업신여깁니다안 업신여겨안 업신여긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 업신여기지 않아요업신여기지 않습니다업신여기지 않아업신여기지 않는다
Cannot 못 업신여겨요못 업신여깁니다못 업신여겨못 업신여긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 업신여기세요업신여기십니다업신여기셔업신여기신다
과거Past 업신여기셨어요업신여기셨습니다업신여기셨어업신여기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
업신여기는
과거Past
업신여긴
미래Future
업신여길
회상Used to
업신여기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
업신여기고
-게-ly / so that
업신여기게
-어서so / and then
업신여겨서
-으니까since
업신여기니까
-으면if / when
업신여기면
-지만but
업신여기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
업신여기는데
-어도even if
업신여겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 업신여기고 있어요업신여기고 있습니다업신여기고 있어업신여기고 있다
과거Was doing 업신여기고 있었어요업신여기고 있었습니다업신여기고 있었어업신여기고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

여러분과 배우자가 의도적으로 그런 선택을 했기 때문에 주변의 많은 사람들이 여러분을 업신여깁니다.

And because you and your partner consciously made that decision, many in your social circle, they kind of look down on you.

편집자는 상당히 업신여기며 읽어봤는데

The editor said, with enormous disdain, "I read this.

무시당하거나 업신여김을 당하는 사람도 없죠.

No one is talked down to or belittled.

뒤에 있어요! 독일군은 우릴 업신여기지 못할 겁니다

Keep our boys armed and ready, and the Germans will think twice about trying to get the drop on us.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 업신여기다 in Korean?

업신여기다 (to look down on) is 업신여겨요 in the polite 해요체, 업신여깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 업신여겨 in casual 반말 and 업신여긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 업신여겼어요.

What is the past tense of 업신여기다?

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

Is 업신여기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 업신여깁니다, 업신여겨, 업신여기니 all keep 업신여기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 업신여기다?

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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