현저하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be conspicuous, marked, noteworthy, preeminent, salient

Every form of 현저하다 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
현저한
아/어Infinitive
현저해
-으니Since
현저하니
합니다Formal
현저합니다

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 현저해요현저합니다현저해현저하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 현저했어요현저했습니다현저했어현저했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 현저하겠어요현저하겠습니다현저하겠어현저하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 현저할 거예요현저할 것입니다현저할 거야현저할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 현저해요?현저합니까?현저해?현저하니?
과거Past 현저했어요?현저했습니까?현저했어?현저했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 현저해요안 현저합니다안 현저해안 현저하다
-지 않다Not (long) 현저하지 않아요현저하지 않습니다현저하지 않아현저하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 현저하세요현저하십니다현저하셔현저하시다
과거Past 현저하셨어요현저하셨습니다현저하셨어현저하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
현저한
과거Past
현저한
미래Future
현저할
회상Used to
현저하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
현저하고
-게-ly / so that
현저하게
-어서so / and then
현저해서
-으니까since
현저하니까
-으면if / when
현저하면
-지만but
현저하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
현저한데
-어도even if
현저해도

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.

제 연구 프로그램에서 현저한 효과를 드러냅니다.

My research shows it has a significant effect.

그를 통해 대사성 노력을 현저하게 줄일 수 있습니다.

It significantly reduces metabolic cost.

노란색은 대기질이 가장 현저하게 개선된 도시들을 가리킵니다.

In yellow, we can see the cities that have experienced the greatest improvements in air quality.

피타고라스의 사상은 플라톤과, 그를 통해 서양 철학 전체에 현저한 영향을 미쳤다.

Pythagorean ideas exercised a marked influence on Plato and through him, on all of Western philosophy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 현저하다 in Korean?

현저하다 (to be conspicuous, marked, noteworthy, preeminent, salient) is 현저해요 in the polite 해요체, 현저합니다 in formal 합니다체, 현저해 in casual 반말 and 현저하다 in the plain written style. The past is 현저했어요.

What is the past tense of 현저하다?

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

Is 현저하다 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 현저하여 and 현저하니 but unchanged in 현저합니다.

What TOPIK level is 현저하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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