Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

likna

resemble

Meaning

resemble

In Swedish: vara lik, påminna om

Conjugation

Conjugation of likna (resemble)
Infinitive	att likna	to resemble
Present	liknar	jag liknar
Past	liknade	jag liknade
Supine	liknat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har liknat	jag har liknat
Past perfect	hade liknat	jag hade liknat
Future	ska likna	or: kommer att likna
Conditional	skulle likna	jag skulle likna
Imperative	likna!	a command
Present participle	liknande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	liknad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of likna
Infinitive	liknas
Present	liknas
Past	liknades
Supine	liknats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use liknar. See the four verb groups explained.

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likna in a sentence

du liknar din far
you resemble your father
Djuret liknade en pinne
The animal looked like a stick
Processen liknar den gamla
The process is similar to the old one
Han liknade sin målning vid en storm
He likened his painting to a storm

Questions

What does likna mean in English?

likna means “resemble”.

What is the past tense of likna?

The past tense of likna is liknade (“jag liknade”). The supine is liknat, used in “jag har liknat”.

What is the present tense of likna?

liknar, the same for every person: jag liknar, du liknar, vi liknar.

Similar words

likhet

Nearby common words

likna is number 1,267 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,263öppen open, frank
1,264spränga explode, blow up
1,265golv floor
1,266krossa crush
1,268klippa cut
1,269förstörd destroyed
1,270oavsett irrespective of
1,271test test, wisp [of hair]

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