뛰어나다
to be outstanding
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 뛰어난
- 아/어Infinitive
- 뛰어나
- -으니Since
- 뛰어나니
- 합니다Formal
- 뛰어납니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 뛰어나요 | 뛰어납니다 | 뛰어나 | 뛰어나다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 뛰어났어요 | 뛰어났습니다 | 뛰어났어 | 뛰어났다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 뛰어나겠어요 | 뛰어나겠습니다 | 뛰어나겠어 | 뛰어나겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 뛰어날 거예요 | 뛰어날 것입니다 | 뛰어날 거야 | 뛰어날 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뛰어나요? | 뛰어납니까? | 뛰어나? | 뛰어나니? |
| 과거Past | 뛰어났어요? | 뛰어났습니까? | 뛰어났어? | 뛰어났니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 뛰어나요 | 안 뛰어납니다 | 안 뛰어나 | 안 뛰어나다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 뛰어나지 않아요 | 뛰어나지 않습니다 | 뛰어나지 않아 | 뛰어나지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 뛰어나세요 | 뛰어나십니다 | 뛰어나셔 | 뛰어나시다 |
| 과거Past | 뛰어나셨어요 | 뛰어나셨습니다 | 뛰어나셨어 | 뛰어나셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 뛰어난
- 과거Past
- 뛰어난
- 미래Future
- 뛰어날
- 회상Used to
- 뛰어나던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 뛰어나고
- -게-ly / so that
- 뛰어나게
- -어서so / and then
- 뛰어나서
- -으니까since
- 뛰어나니까
- -으면if / when
- 뛰어나면
- -지만but
- 뛰어나지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 뛰어난데
- -어도even if
- 뛰어나도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 2가 뛰어나다
In real sentences
이것은 정말 뛰어난 일이었죠.
This was an exceptional work that was done.
저는 교실에서 정말 뛰어났습니다.
As a matter of fact, I excelled in the classroom.
가끔식은, 그런 질문들은 뛰어납니다.
Sometimes, those questions are smart.
슈타지의 어떤점이 그렇게 뛰어났던 걸까요?
But what was so exceptional about the Stasi?
Common questions
How do you conjugate 뛰어나다 in Korean?
뛰어나다 (to be outstanding) is 뛰어나요 in the polite 해요체, 뛰어납니다 in formal 합니다체, 뛰어나 in casual 반말 and 뛰어나다 in the plain written style. The past is 뛰어났어요.
What is the past tense of 뛰어나다?
뛰어났어요 in everyday polite speech, 뛰어났습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 뛰어나 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 뛰어나다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뛰어납니다, 뛰어나, 뛰어나니 all keep 뛰어나 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 뛰어나다?
3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.
Dictionary form, meaning, sentence patterns, examples and audio from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.