Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en like

equal

Meaning

equal

In Swedish: motstycke

Forms

Forms of like
Singular, indefinite	en like
Singular, definite	liken
Plural, indefinite	likar
Plural, definite	likarna

like is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor like, den stora liken. Check another noun

Practise like

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Is it en like or ett like?

like in a sentence

ett oväsen utan like
an unheard-of racket
Jag har aldrig sett dess like
I've never seen anything like it [its like]
Han hade mött sin like
He had met his match

Questions

What does like mean in English?

like means “equal”.

Is it en like or ett like?

It is en like, and “the equal” is liken.

What is the plural of like?

The plural of like is likar, and the definite plural is likarna.

Similar words

jämbördig

Nearby common words

like is number 4,370 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,366kyrkogård a cemetery, a graveyard
4,367stunda approach, draw near
4,368ryka smoke, be lost
4,369giva dated form of ge (“to give”)
4,371tuffing rough customer
4,372ankomst arrival
4,373italienare Italian
4,374hov hoof, court

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary