위태롭다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be dangerous, in a perilious situation

Every form of 위태롭다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
위태로운
아/어Infinitive
위태로워
-으니Since
위태로우니
합니다Formal
위태롭습니다

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 위태로워요위태롭습니다위태로워위태롭다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 위태로웠어요위태로웠습니다위태로웠어위태로웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 위태롭겠어요위태롭겠습니다위태롭겠어위태롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 위태로울 거예요위태로울 것입니다위태로울 거야위태로울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 위태로워요?위태롭습니까?위태로워?위태로우니?
과거Past 위태로웠어요?위태로웠습니까?위태로웠어?위태로웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 위태로워요안 위태롭습니다안 위태로워안 위태롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 위태롭지 않아요위태롭지 않습니다위태롭지 않아위태롭지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 위태로우세요위태로우십니다위태로우셔위태로우시다
과거Past 위태로우셨어요위태로우셨습니다위태로우셨어위태로우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
위태로운
과거Past
위태로운
미래Future
위태로울
회상Used to
위태롭던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
위태롭고
-게-ly / so that
위태롭게
-어서so / and then
위태로워서
-으니까since
위태로우니까
-으면if / when
위태로우면
-지만but
위태롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
위태로운데
-어도even if
위태로워도

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.

저희 문화가 위태롭고, 이 세상이 위태로워요.

It's our culture at stake. It's our world at stake.

네, 위태로운 상황이 어떤 건지 파악하는 일도 정말 필요하죠.

Yes, we absolutely do need to recognize what's at stake.

말 그대로 죽기 살기로 매달렸습니다. 매우 위태로운 상황이었죠.

We were quite literally hanging on for our lives and doing so on a knife edge.

전 아버지의 변화가 교회를 위태롭게 할 수 있을지 모른다고 판단했기에,

To hold space for Paula meant jeopardizing our own church's livelihood.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 위태롭다 in Korean?

위태롭다 (to be dangerous, in a perilious situation) is 위태로워요 in the polite 해요체, 위태롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 위태로워 in casual 반말 and 위태롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 위태로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 위태롭다?

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

Is 위태롭다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 위태롭다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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