웃돌다 Korean verb conjugation

to exceed, to be above

Every form of 웃돌다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
웃도는
아/어Infinitive
웃돌아
-으니Since
웃도니
합니다Formal
웃돕니다

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 웃돌아요웃돕니다웃돌아웃돈다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웃돌았어요웃돌았습니다웃돌았어웃돌았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 웃돌겠어요웃돌겠습니다웃돌겠어웃돌겠다
-을 것이다Going to 웃돌 거예요웃돌 것입니다웃돌 거야웃돌 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웃돌아요?웃돕니까?웃돌아?웃도니?
과거Past 웃돌았어요?웃돌았습니까?웃돌았어?웃돌았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 웃도세요웃도십시오웃돌아웃돌아라
청유Let's 웃돌아요웃돕시다웃돌아웃돌자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 웃돌아요안 웃돕니다안 웃돌아안 웃돈다
-지 않다Not (long) 웃돌지 않아요웃돌지 않습니다웃돌지 않아웃돌지 않는다
Cannot 못 웃돌아요못 웃돕니다못 웃돌아못 웃돈다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웃도세요웃도십니다웃도셔웃도신다
과거Past 웃도셨어요웃도셨습니다웃도셨어웃도셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
웃도는
과거Past
웃돈
미래Future
웃돌
회상Used to
웃돌던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
웃돌고
-게-ly / so that
웃돌게
-어서so / and then
웃돌아서
-으니까since
웃도니까
-으면if / when
웃돌면
-지만but
웃돌지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
웃도는데
-어도even if
웃돌아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 웃돌고 있어요웃돌고 있습니다웃돌고 있어웃돌고 있다
과거Was doing 웃돌고 있었어요웃돌고 있었습니다웃돌고 있었어웃돌고 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.

작년에는 58배나 크게 웃돌았습니다.

Last year, we beat it by 58 times over.

전세계 GDP의 1프로를 웃도는 수치입니다.

That's greater than one percent of the global GDP.

2010년이 되었을 때 그 예상치를 17배 웃돌았고,

When 2010 came around, we beat that mark by 17 times over.

수요가 공급을 웃돌아서 가격이 오르게 됩니다.

So demands a little higher than supply, so the price goes up.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 웃돌다 in Korean?

웃돌다 (to exceed, to be above) is 웃돌아요 in the polite 해요체, 웃돕니다 in formal 합니다체, 웃돌아 in casual 반말 and 웃돈다 in the plain written style. The past is 웃돌았어요.

What is the past tense of 웃돌다?

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

Is 웃돌다 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 웃돌아 and 웃도니 but unchanged in 웃돕니다.

What TOPIK level is 웃돌다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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