likna

See also: líkna

Swedish

likna (present liknar, preterite liknade, supine liknat, imperative likna)

to resemble, to be similar to
Djuret liknade en pinne ― The animal looked like a stick

Processen liknar den gamla ― The process is similar to the old one
to imply similarities; to liken
Han liknade sin målning vid en storm ― He likened his painting to a storm

(sense 2) uses the preposition vid where English would use to or unto.

Conjugation of likna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	likna		liknas
Supine	liknat		liknats
Imperative	likna		—
Imper. plural¹	liknen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	liknar	liknade	liknas	liknades
Ind. plural¹	likna	liknade	liknas	liknades
Subjunctive²	likne	liknade	liknes	liknades
	Participles
Present participle	liknande
Past participle	liknad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.