무너뜨리다 Korean verb conjugation

to tear down, knock down, demolish

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 무너뜨리다 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
무너뜨리는
아/어Infinitive
무너뜨려
-으니Since
무너뜨리니
합니다Formal
무너뜨립니다

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 무너뜨려요무너뜨립니다무너뜨려무너뜨린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 무너뜨렸어요무너뜨렸습니다무너뜨렸어무너뜨렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 무너뜨리겠어요무너뜨리겠습니다무너뜨리겠어무너뜨리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 무너뜨릴 거예요무너뜨릴 것입니다무너뜨릴 거야무너뜨릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무너뜨려요?무너뜨립니까?무너뜨려?무너뜨리니?
과거Past 무너뜨렸어요?무너뜨렸습니까?무너뜨렸어?무너뜨렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 무너뜨리세요무너뜨리십시오무너뜨려무너뜨려라
청유Let's 무너뜨려요무너뜨립시다무너뜨려무너뜨리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 무너뜨려요안 무너뜨립니다안 무너뜨려안 무너뜨린다
-지 않다Not (long) 무너뜨리지 않아요무너뜨리지 않습니다무너뜨리지 않아무너뜨리지 않는다
Cannot 못 무너뜨려요못 무너뜨립니다못 무너뜨려못 무너뜨린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무너뜨리세요무너뜨리십니다무너뜨리셔무너뜨리신다
과거Past 무너뜨리셨어요무너뜨리셨습니다무너뜨리셨어무너뜨리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
무너뜨리는
과거Past
무너뜨린
미래Future
무너뜨릴
회상Used to
무너뜨리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
무너뜨리고
-게-ly / so that
무너뜨리게
-어서so / and then
무너뜨려서
-으니까since
무너뜨리니까
-으면if / when
무너뜨리면
-지만but
무너뜨리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
무너뜨리는데
-어도even if
무너뜨려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 무너뜨리고 있어요무너뜨리고 있습니다무너뜨리고 있어무너뜨리고 있다
과거Was doing 무너뜨리고 있었어요무너뜨리고 있었습니다무너뜨리고 있었어무너뜨리고 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.

정신적으로도 지치게 하고 많은 사람을 금전적으로도 무너뜨립니다.

It's emotionally draining and, for many, financially destructive.

물리적으로는 불가능한 일이지만 우리는 물리법칙을 무너뜨리고 있어요.

That's physically not possible. We're breaking the rules of physics.

개미 구멍이 둑을 무너뜨릴 수도 있다.

An ant hole can bring down a river bank.

저는 이렇게 말하고싶습니다: 이 벽을 무너뜨립시다.

So I would say: bring down these walls.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 무너뜨리다 in Korean?

무너뜨리다 (to tear down, knock down, demolish) is 무너뜨려요 in the polite 해요체, 무너뜨립니다 in formal 합니다체, 무너뜨려 in casual 반말 and 무너뜨린다 in the plain written style. The past is 무너뜨렸어요.

What is the past tense of 무너뜨리다?

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

Is 무너뜨리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 무너뜨립니다, 무너뜨려, 무너뜨리니 all keep 무너뜨리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 무너뜨리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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