움츠러들다
to hunch
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 움츠러드는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 움츠러들어
- -으니Since
- 움츠러드니
- 합니다Formal
- 움츠러듭니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 움츠러들어요 | 움츠러듭니다 | 움츠러들어 | 움츠러든다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 움츠러들었어요 | 움츠러들었습니다 | 움츠러들었어 | 움츠러들었다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 움츠러들겠어요 | 움츠러들겠습니다 | 움츠러들겠어 | 움츠러들겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 움츠러들 거예요 | 움츠러들 것입니다 | 움츠러들 거야 | 움츠러들 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 움츠러들어요? | 움츠러듭니까? | 움츠러들어? | 움츠러드니? |
| 과거Past | 움츠러들었어요? | 움츠러들었습니까? | 움츠러들었어? | 움츠러들었니? |
Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 움츠러드세요 | 움츠러드십시오 | 움츠러들어 | 움츠러들어라 |
| 청유Let's | 움츠러들어요 | 움츠러듭시다 | 움츠러들어 | 움츠러들자 |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 움츠러들어요 | 안 움츠러듭니다 | 안 움츠러들어 | 안 움츠러든다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 움츠러들지 않아요 | 움츠러들지 않습니다 | 움츠러들지 않아 | 움츠러들지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 움츠러들어요 | 못 움츠러듭니다 | 못 움츠러들어 | 못 움츠러든다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 움츠러드세요 | 움츠러드십니다 | 움츠러드셔 | 움츠러드신다 |
| 과거Past | 움츠러드셨어요 | 움츠러드셨습니다 | 움츠러드셨어 | 움츠러드셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 움츠러드는
- 과거Past
- 움츠러든
- 미래Future
- 움츠러들
- 회상Used to
- 움츠러들던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 움츠러들고
- -게-ly / so that
- 움츠러들게
- -어서so / and then
- 움츠러들어서
- -으니까since
- 움츠러드니까
- -으면if / when
- 움츠러들면
- -지만but
- 움츠러들지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 움츠러드는데
- -어도even if
- 움츠러들어도
In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 움츠러들고 있어요 | 움츠러들고 있습니다 | 움츠러들고 있어 | 움츠러들고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 움츠러들고 있었어요 | 움츠러들고 있었습니다 | 움츠러들고 있었어 | 움츠러들고 있었다 |
Sentence patterns
- 1이 움츠러들다
In real sentences
동떨어져있는 느낌이었고 움츠러들었고, 많은 사람들에게 지적당했습니다.
I felt alienated, intimidated and judged by many.
그 생각하면 좀 움츠러들어요.
I just cringe thinking of that.
문제의 조짐만 보이면 움츠러들지
They wither at the first sign of trouble.
온 몸이 움츠러들겠어.
Parts are retracting into other parts.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 움츠러들다 in Korean?
움츠러들다 (to hunch) is 움츠러들어요 in the polite 해요체, 움츠러듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 움츠러들어 in casual 반말 and 움츠러든다 in the plain written style. The past is 움츠러들었어요.
What is the past tense of 움츠러들다?
움츠러들었어요 in everyday polite speech, 움츠러들었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 움츠러들어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 움츠러들다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 움츠러들어 and 움츠러드니 but unchanged in 움츠러듭니다.
What TOPIK level is 움츠러들다?
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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