凍(こご)える

こごえる
ichidan verb
to freeze, to be numb with cold
1. to freeze, to be numb with cold, to be chilled to the bone
To become extremely cold to the point of numbness or immobility. Used for body parts or the whole body experiencing intense cold.
手(て)が凍(こご)えた。
My hands are frozen.
寒(さむ)さで体(からだ)が凍(こご)えそうだ。
I'm freezing from the cold.
凍(こご)えるような冬(ふゆ)の朝(あさ)に、彼(かれ)は早起(はやお)きして走(はし)りに出(で)た。
On a freezing winter morning, he woke up early and went out for a run.

TRANSITIVITY: Intransitive (自動詞(じどうし)). Takes が particle: 手(て)が凍(こご)える.

CONJUGATION: Ichidan verb: 凍(こご)えない, 凍(こご)えます, 凍(こご)えて, 凍(こご)えれば.

ASPECT: 凍(こご)えている indicates the resulting state of being frozen/numb.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 手(て)/足(あし)/指(ゆび)が凍(こご)える (hands/feet/fingers freeze)
  • 凍(こご)えそう (about to freeze)
  • 凍(こご)えるような寒(さむ)さ/風(かぜ) (freezing cold/wind)
  • 凍(こご)え死(じ)ぬ (to freeze to death)

RELATED WORDS:

  • 凍(こお)る (to freeze - for objects/water becoming ice)
  • かじかむ (to be numb with cold - more casual)
  • 冷(ひ)える (to become cold - milder than 凍(こご)える)
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Added 2026.1.31 19:47
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