헛되다

Korean

Etymology

헛 (heot-, “false; in vain”, prefix) +‎ 되다 (doeda, “to become”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [hʌ̹t̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [hʌ̹t̚t͈ø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [헏뛔다/헏뙤다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heotdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heosdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?hŏttoeda
Yale Romanization?hestoyta

Adjective

헛되다 • (heotdoeda) (infinitive 헛돼 or 헛되어, sequential 헛되니)

  1. vain, fruitless
  2. (usually in the 헛된 form) groundless, untrue

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 헛되이 (heotdoei, “in vain”, adverb)
  • 헛된말 (heotdoenmal, “idle words”)
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