Past tense of put
irregular verb
The past tense of put is put. The past participle is also put.
Forms of put
| Base form (V1) | put /pʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | put /pʊt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | put /pʊt/ |
| Present participle | putting /ˈpʊtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | puts /pʊts/ |
Less standard forms: putten (dialectal).
Meaning of put
- verb To physically place (sth or sb swh).
- verb To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
- verb To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
Verbs like put
Questions about the past tense of put
- What is the past tense of put?
- The past tense of put is put.
- What is the past participle of put?
- The past participle of put is put.
- Is put a regular or irregular verb?
- Put is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
- Is putten correct?
- putten is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of put is put.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: put (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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