Synonym: be on fire
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /bɜːn/ |
| Hyphenation | burn |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑻𐑯 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) burn | (I) burned, burnt |
| (thou) burnest | (thou) burnedst, burntst, burntest |
| (he) burns, burneth | (he) burned, burnt |
| (we) burn | (we) burned, burnt |
| (you) burn | (you) burned, burnt |
| (they) burn | (they) burned, burnt |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) burn | (I) burned, burnt |
| (thou) burn | (thou) burned, burnt |
| (he) burn | (he) burned, burnt |
| (we) burn | (we) burned, burnt |
| (you) burn | (you) burned, burnt |
| (they) burn | (they) burned, burnt |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| burning | burned, burnt |
| Afrikaans | brand |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cremar |
| Chinook Jargon | paya |
| Czech | hořet |
| Danish | brænde |
| Dutch | branden |
| Esperanto | bruli |
| Faeroese | brenna |
| Finnish | palaa |
| French | brûler |
| German | brennen |
| Greek | καίω |
| Hawaiian | ʻā |
| Hungarian | ég; elég; lángol |
| Italian | bruciare |
| Latin | flagrare; flammare; urere |
| Luxemburgish | brennen |
| Malay | menyala; bakar |
| Norwegian | brenne |
| Papiamento | kima |
| Polish | palić się |
| Portuguese | arder; queimar; queimar‐se |
| Romanian | arde |
| Russian | жечь |
| Saterland Frisian | baadenje |
| Scottish Gaelic | loisg |
| Spanish | arder; quemarse |
| Sranan | bron |
| Swedish | brinna |
| Thai | ไหม้ |
| Turkish | yanmak |
| West Frisian | brâne |
| Yiddish | ברענען |