겁먹다

to be frightened

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
겁먹는
아/어Infinitive
겁먹어
-으니Since
겁먹으니
합니다Formal
겁먹습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겁먹어요겁먹습니다겁먹어겁먹는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 겁먹었어요겁먹었습니다겁먹었어겁먹었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 겁먹겠어요겁먹겠습니다겁먹겠어겁먹겠다
-을 것이다Going to 겁먹을 거예요겁먹을 것입니다겁먹을 거야겁먹을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겁먹어요?겁먹습니까?겁먹어?겁먹니?
과거Past 겁먹었어요?겁먹었습니까?겁먹었어?겁먹었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 겁먹으세요겁먹으십시오겁먹어겁먹어라
청유Let's 겁먹어요겁먹읍시다겁먹어겁먹자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 겁먹어요안 겁먹습니다안 겁먹어안 겁먹는다
-지 않다Not (long) 겁먹지 않아요겁먹지 않습니다겁먹지 않아겁먹지 않는다
못Cannot 못 겁먹어요못 겁먹습니다못 겁먹어못 겁먹는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 겁먹으세요겁먹으십니다겁먹으셔겁먹으신다
과거Past 겁먹으셨어요겁먹으셨습니다겁먹으셨어겁먹으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
겁먹는
과거Past
겁먹은
미래Future
겁먹을
회상Used to
겁먹던

Joining clauses

-고and
겁먹고
-게-ly / so that
겁먹게
-어서so / and then
겁먹어서
-으니까since
겁먹으니까
-으면if / when
겁먹으면
-지만but
겁먹지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
겁먹는데
-어도even if
겁먹어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 겁먹고 있어요겁먹고 있습니다겁먹고 있어겁먹고 있다
과거Was doing 겁먹고 있었어요겁먹고 있었습니다겁먹고 있었어겁먹고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그것이 왜 이들을 겁먹게 했을까요?

And why would it spook them?

그럼 사람들을 제대로 겁먹게 만들 수 있지.

We can scare the pants off people, because this thing is serious."

눈을 뜨자 그의 경직되고 겁먹은 표정은 미소가 되었고

When he opened his eyes, the terrified look frozen on his face became a smile.

톰이 겁먹을 것이라고는 생각 못했어.

I didn't think Tom would be scared.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 겁먹다 in Korean?

겁먹다 (to be frightened) is 겁먹어요 in the polite 해요체, 겁먹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 겁먹어 in casual 반말 and 겁먹는다 in the plain written style. The past is 겁먹었어요.

What is the past tense of 겁먹다?

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

Is 겁먹다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 겁먹습니다, 겁먹어, 겁먹으니 all keep 겁먹 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 겁먹다?

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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