liksom

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪksʊm/, /ˈlɪksɔm/

Adverb

liksom

  1. make believe
  2. expressing that something should be otherwise than it is, allegedly, apparently

Conjunction

liksom

  1. like, just like

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪksʊm/, /ˈlɪksɔm/

Adverb

liksom

  1. Expressing that something should be otherwise than it is, allegedly, apparently
    Det skulle liksom snøa i dag, men det regnar.
    It was supposed to snow today, but it's raining.
    Filmen skulle liksom vera så bra, men eg likte han ikkje.
    The film was supposed to be so good, but I didn't like it.

Conjunction

liksom

  1. like, just like
    Liksom meg så likar han å gå på ski.
    Like me, he likes to ski.

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References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lika som. By surface analysis, lika +‎ som.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹lɪksɔm/, , /¹liːksɔm/,
  • Hyphenation: lik‧som

Adverb

liksom

  1. sort of, kind of
    • 2009, Lars Winnerbäck, Jag får liksom ingen ordning (single):
      Jag får liksom ingen ordning på mitt liv
      I sort of can't sort out my life
    Han liksom haltade fram
    He sort of limped forward
  2. (colloquial) like (as a filler)
    Filmen var liksom jättebra
    The movie was, like, super good
    Ja, men liksom, jag håller med helt!
    Yeah, but like, I fully agree!
    Aaa, men liksom!
    Yeeah, but (it is) like (that)! (emphatic agreement)

Conjunction

liksom

  2. as, like
    Synonym: som
    Älgen var stor liksom grannens skjul
    The moose was big like the neighbor's shed
    Ty du skall bryta sönder deras bördors ok och deras skuldrors gissel och deras plågares stav, likasom i Midjans tid.
    For you shall break the yokes of their burdens and the scourge of their shoulders and the rod of their tormentor, as/like in the day of Midian. (Isaiah 9:4)
  4. as well as
    Jag har sett filmsnuttar på YouTube, liksom bilder publicerade i turkiska tidningar
    I have seen film clips on YouTube, as well as pictures published in Turkish newspapers

Usage notes

(sense 1) can be understood as "like as," which is normally more or less synonymous with som (“as, like”), like in English. The intuition for (sense 2) is similar to "likewise" in English.

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References

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