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liken ilken lkien klien iklen kilen liekn ilekn leikn elikn ielkn eilkn lkein klein lekin elkin kelin eklin ikeln kieln iekln eikln keiln ekiln likne ilkne lkine kline iklne kilne linke ilnke lnike nlike inlke nilke lknie klnie lnkie nlkie knlie nklie iknle kinle inkle nikle knile nkile lienk ilenk leink elink ielnk eilnk linek ilnek lniek nliek inlek nilek lenik elnik lneik nleik enlik nelik ienlk einlk inelk nielk enilk neilk lkeni kleni lekni elkni kelni eklni lknei klnei lnkei nlkei knlei nklei lenki elnki lneki nleki enlki nelki kenli eknli kneli nkeli enkli nekli ikenl kienl ieknl eiknl keinl ekinl iknel kinel inkel nikel kniel nkiel ienkl einkl inekl niekl enikl neikl kenil eknil kneil nkeil enkil nekil

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Definitions and meaning of liken

liken

Etymology

From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) +‎ -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪk(ə)n/
• (General American) enPR: lī'kən, IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪkən/
• Homophones: lichen, lycan
• Rhymes: -aɪkən
• Hyphenation: lik‧en

Verb

liken (third-person singular simple present likens, present participle likening, simple past and past participle likened)

1. (transitive)
   1. Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

      Antonyms: contrast, unliken
   2. (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

      Antonym: unliken
   3. (rare) To represent or symbolize (something).
2. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.

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Derived terms

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References

Anagrams

• Elkin, Klein, Klien, Kline, inkle, k-line, kline, lekin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: li‧ken

Verb

liken

1. (Internet) to like (on social media)

Inflection

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English like + -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯kn̩/

Verb

liken (weak, third-person singular present likt or (proscribed) liket, past tense likte or (proscribed) likete, past participle gelikt or (proscribed) geliket or (proscribed) geliked, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, social media) to like

   Coordinate term: faven

Usage notes

• Duden recommends conjugating the verb as if it were a standard German weak verb with the hypothetical stem lik-. However, irregular conjugations that preserve some or all of the features of English grammar, especially the terminal e, are common.

Conjugation

Related terms

• Like

See also

• faken, saven, timen

References

Further reading

• “liken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “liken” in Duden online
• “liken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “liken” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “liken”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːkən/

Etymology 1

Verb

liken

1. Alternative form of geliken

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch līcon, from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Verb

liken

1. to please, (in archaic English usage) to like

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lijken

Further reading

• “liken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• likin, likien, licen, licien (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English līcian, from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːkən/

Verb

liken

1. To like.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: like
• Scots: like
• Yola: lick, licke, lik

References

• “līken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

liken

1. definite singular of like
2. definite plural of lik

Anagrams

• e.likn., kilen

West Frisian

Noun

liken

1. plural of lyk