냉철하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be level-headed
Every form of 냉철하다 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
- 냉철한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 냉철해
- -으니Since
- 냉철하니
- 합니다Formal
- 냉철합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 냉철해요 | 냉철합니다 | 냉철해 | 냉철하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 냉철했어요 | 냉철했습니다 | 냉철했어 | 냉철했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 냉철하겠어요 | 냉철하겠습니다 | 냉철하겠어 | 냉철하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 냉철할 거예요 | 냉철할 것입니다 | 냉철할 거야 | 냉철할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 냉철해요? | 냉철합니까? | 냉철해? | 냉철하니? |
| 과거Past | 냉철했어요? | 냉철했습니까? | 냉철했어? | 냉철했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 냉철해요 | 안 냉철합니다 | 안 냉철해 | 안 냉철하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 냉철하지 않아요 | 냉철하지 않습니다 | 냉철하지 않아 | 냉철하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 냉철하세요 | 냉철하십니다 | 냉철하셔 | 냉철하시다 |
| 과거Past | 냉철하셨어요 | 냉철하셨습니다 | 냉철하셨어 | 냉철하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 냉철한
- 과거Past
- 냉철한
- 미래Future
- 냉철할
- 회상Used to
- 냉철하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 냉철하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 냉철하게
- -어서so / and then
- 냉철해서
- -으니까since
- 냉철하니까
- -으면if / when
- 냉철하면
- -지만but
- 냉철하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 냉철한데
- -어도even if
- 냉철해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 냉철하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
많은 독자들은 마키아벨리가 냉철한 현실주의와 분열된 이탈리아의 평화에 대한 욕망에 영향을 받았다고 여겼습니다.
Many have justified Machiavelli as motivated by unsentimental realism and a desire for peace in an Italy torn by internal and external conflict.
결과적으로 사업가인 아버지는 세상을 냉철한 눈으로 보는 경영학 석사 과정을 거친 딸을 생각만 해도 사랑스러워하고
As the result, the father who is a businessman will just melt at the idea of his MBA daughter with a tough-as-nails worldview.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 냉철하다 in Korean?
냉철하다 (to be level-headed) is 냉철해요 in the polite 해요체, 냉철합니다 in formal 합니다체, 냉철해 in casual 반말 and 냉철하다 in the plain written style. The past is 냉철했어요.
What is the past tense of 냉철하다?
냉철했어요 in everyday polite speech, 냉철했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 냉철하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 냉철하다 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 냉철하여 and 냉철하니 but unchanged in 냉철합니다.
What TOPIK level is 냉철하다?
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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