낮추다 Korean verb conjugation

to lower

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 낮추다 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
낮추는
아/어Infinitive
낮춰
-으니Since
낮추니
합니다Formal
낮춥니다

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 낮춰요낮춥니다낮춰낮춘다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 낮췄어요낮췄습니다낮췄어낮췄다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 낮추겠어요낮추겠습니다낮추겠어낮추겠다
-을 것이다Going to 낮출 거예요낮출 것입니다낮출 거야낮출 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낮춰요?낮춥니까?낮춰?낮추니?
과거Past 낮췄어요?낮췄습니까?낮췄어?낮췄니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 낮추세요낮추십시오낮춰낮춰라
청유Let's 낮춰요낮춥시다낮춰낮추자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 낮춰요안 낮춥니다안 낮춰안 낮춘다
-지 않다Not (long) 낮추지 않아요낮추지 않습니다낮추지 않아낮추지 않는다
Cannot 못 낮춰요못 낮춥니다못 낮춰못 낮춘다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 낮추세요낮추십니다낮추셔낮추신다
과거Past 낮추셨어요낮추셨습니다낮추셨어낮추셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
낮추는
과거Past
낮춘
미래Future
낮출
회상Used to
낮추던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
낮추고
-게-ly / so that
낮추게
-어서so / and then
낮춰서
-으니까since
낮추니까
-으면if / when
낮추면
-지만but
낮추지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
낮추는데
-어도even if
낮춰도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 낮추고 있어요낮추고 있습니다낮추고 있어낮추고 있다
과거Was doing 낮추고 있었어요낮추고 있었습니다낮추고 있었어낮추고 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.

즉, 스트레스를 낮춰준다는 거죠.

So it lowers your stress.

그렇다면 우리는 어떻게 해서 비용을 낮출수 있을까요?

So how could we bring these costs down?

다른 사람을 낮추지 않는다고 해서 그들을 높이는 것은 아니죠.

Not holding someone down isn't the same as lifting them up.

몸 낮추고 어서 나가자!

Just stay low and move out!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 낮추다 in Korean?

낮추다 (to lower) is 낮춰요 in the polite 해요체, 낮춥니다 in formal 합니다체, 낮춰 in casual 반말 and 낮춘다 in the plain written style. The past is 낮췄어요.

What is the past tense of 낮추다?

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

Is 낮추다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 낮춥니다, 낮춰, 낮추니 all keep 낮추 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 낮추다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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