뜨겁다

to be hot

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뜨거운
아/어Infinitive
뜨거워
-으니Since
뜨거우니
합니다Formal
뜨겁습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜨거워요뜨겁습니다뜨거워뜨겁다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜨거웠어요뜨거웠습니다뜨거웠어뜨거웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜨겁겠어요뜨겁겠습니다뜨겁겠어뜨겁겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜨거울 거예요뜨거울 것입니다뜨거울 거야뜨거울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜨거워요?뜨겁습니까?뜨거워?뜨거우니?
과거Past 뜨거웠어요?뜨거웠습니까?뜨거웠어?뜨거웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뜨거워요안 뜨겁습니다안 뜨거워안 뜨겁다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜨겁지 않아요뜨겁지 않습니다뜨겁지 않아뜨겁지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜨거우세요뜨거우십니다뜨거우셔뜨거우시다
과거Past 뜨거우셨어요뜨거우셨습니다뜨거우셨어뜨거우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜨거운
과거Past
뜨거운
미래Future
뜨거울
회상Used to
뜨겁던

Joining clauses

-고and
뜨겁고
-게-ly / so that
뜨겁게
-어서so / and then
뜨거워서
-으니까since
뜨거우니까
-으면if / when
뜨거우면
-지만but
뜨겁지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜨거운데
-어도even if
뜨거워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아주 뜨겁게 해주시겠어요?

Could you make it very hot?

만약 그랬다면 지구는 현재보다 더욱 뜨거운 상태였을 것입니다.

If it did, we'd be on a much warmer planet.

뜨거운 밤

night of passion

아직 뜨거운 물이 나와

Hey, there's still hot water.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜨겁다 in Korean?

뜨겁다 (to be hot) is 뜨거워요 in the polite 해요체, 뜨겁습니다 in formal 합니다체, 뜨거워 in casual 반말 and 뜨겁다 in the plain written style. The past is 뜨거웠어요.

What is the past tense of 뜨겁다?

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

Is 뜨겁다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 뜨거워 and 뜨거우니 but unchanged in 뜨겁습니다.

What TOPIK level is 뜨겁다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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