현란하다 Korean adjective conjugation

flashy, ornate, colourful, florid, flowery, showy

Every form of 현란하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
현란한
아/어Infinitive
현란해
-으니Since
현란하니
합니다Formal
현란합니다

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 현란해요현란합니다현란해현란하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 현란했어요현란했습니다현란했어현란했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 현란하겠어요현란하겠습니다현란하겠어현란하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 현란할 거예요현란할 것입니다현란할 거야현란할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 현란해요?현란합니까?현란해?현란하니?
과거Past 현란했어요?현란했습니까?현란했어?현란했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 현란해요안 현란합니다안 현란해안 현란하다
-지 않다Not (long) 현란하지 않아요현란하지 않습니다현란하지 않아현란하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 현란하세요현란하십니다현란하셔현란하시다
과거Past 현란하셨어요현란하셨습니다현란하셨어현란하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
현란한
과거Past
현란한
미래Future
현란할
회상Used to
현란하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
현란하고
-게-ly / so that
현란하게
-어서so / and then
현란해서
-으니까since
현란하니까
-으면if / when
현란하면
-지만but
현란하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
현란한데
-어도even if
현란해도

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.

현란한 춤을 선보이다

to show off flashy dance moves

동물들이 현란한 플라스틱 조각을 먹이로 착각합니다.

They, and others, mistake the brightly colored plastic bits for food.

현란한 옷차림

flashy clothes

장식이 현란하다

ornate decorations

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 현란하다 in Korean?

현란하다 (flashy, ornate, colourful, florid, flowery, showy) is 현란해요 in the polite 해요체, 현란합니다 in formal 합니다체, 현란해 in casual 반말 and 현란하다 in the plain written style. The past is 현란했어요.

What is the past tense of 현란하다?

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

Is 현란하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 현란하여 and 현란하니 but unchanged in 현란합니다.

What TOPIK level is 현란하다?

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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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.