숱하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be plentiful

Every form of 숱하다 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
숱한
아/어Infinitive
숱해
-으니Since
숱하니
합니다Formal
숱합니다

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 숱해요숱합니다숱해숱하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 숱했어요숱했습니다숱했어숱했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 숱하겠어요숱하겠습니다숱하겠어숱하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 숱할 거예요숱할 것입니다숱할 거야숱할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 숱해요?숱합니까?숱해?숱하니?
과거Past 숱했어요?숱했습니까?숱했어?숱했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 숱해요안 숱합니다안 숱해안 숱하다
-지 않다Not (long) 숱하지 않아요숱하지 않습니다숱하지 않아숱하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 숱하세요숱하십니다숱하셔숱하시다
과거Past 숱하셨어요숱하셨습니다숱하셨어숱하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
숱한
과거Past
숱한
미래Future
숱할
회상Used to
숱하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
숱하고
-게-ly / so that
숱하게
-어서so / and then
숱해서
-으니까since
숱하니까
-으면if / when
숱하면
-지만but
숱하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
숱한데
-어도even if
숱해도

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.

그럼에도 불구하고, 이전에 숱하게 그랬던 것처럼 저는 제 얼굴에 흘러내리는 눈물을 느꼈습니다.

But nonetheless, just like hundreds of times before, I felt the tears roll down my face.

숱한 결근에 대해 회사에 할 말도 없어졌습니다. 충혈된 눈으로 매일 밤을 그리고 수개월을 일했습니다.

And he soon ran out of excuses to explain his many absences, as he worked red-eyed, night after night, month after month.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 숱하다 in Korean?

숱하다 (to be plentiful) is 숱해요 in the polite 해요체, 숱합니다 in formal 합니다체, 숱해 in casual 반말 and 숱하다 in the plain written style. The past is 숱했어요.

What is the past tense of 숱하다?

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

Is 숱하다 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 숱하여 and 숱하니 but unchanged in 숱합니다.

What TOPIK level is 숱하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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