different between liker vs liken

English

Etymology

From like +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k?(?)

Noun

liker (plural likers)

1. One who likes.

Adjective

liker

1. (archaic) comparative form of like: more like
   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     We owe greater love to angels than to men, because they are better, nearer God, and liker to him, and more demonstrate his glory; and indeed also love us better, and do more for us than we can do for one another.

Anagrams

• Klier

French

Etymology

From English like +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj.ke/

Verb

liker

1. (Internet) to like (on a social networking site)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• plussoyer

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

liker

1. present of like

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

liker

1. present of like

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz.

Adjective

l?ker

1. alike, similar
2. equal
3. probable
4. suitable, appropriate

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: lik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French liqueur, from Latin liquor (“liquid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ke?r/
• Hyphenation: li?ker

Noun

lìk?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. liqueur

Declension

References

• “liker” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

From Middle English liknen (“to compare; to be comparable, be equal; to form; to be appropriate”), equivalent to like +? -en.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'k?n, IPA^(key): /?la?k?n/
• Rhymes: -a?k?n
• Homophone: lichen

Verb

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

1. (transitive, followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

Translations

References

• “liken”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i?k?(n)/
• Hyphenation: li?ken

Verb

liken

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

Inflection

German

Etymology

From English like + -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la??kn?/

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

   • 2012, Claudia Hilker, Erfolgreiche Social-Media-Strategien für die Zukunft: Mehr Profit durch Facebook, Twitter, Xing und Co., Linde Verlag GmbH ?ISBN, page 94

   • 2012, Tim Sebastian, Facebook Fanpages Plus, mitp Verlags GmbH & Co. KG ?ISBN, page 22

   • 2014, Markus Pfeifer, Facebook - Kommunikation und Interaktion mit dem Kunden: Eine Facebook-Marketing Analyse zu den Top 13 österreichischen Biermarken bezugnehmend auf die Interaktion und den Einfluss auf die Facebook Welt, Bachelor + Master Publication ?ISBN, page 50

   • 2014, Wolfgang H. Weinrich, Der liebe Gott kommt nicht voran, unnumbered page

   • 2014, Katherine Womser, Wenn Fernsehen alleine nicht genug ist, page 183

Conjugation

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.

References

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?k?n/

Etymology 1

Verb

liken

1. Alternative form of geliken

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch l?con, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k?n, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?.

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)

Etymology

From Old English l?cian, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?k?n/

Verb

liken

1. to like

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: like
• Scots: like
• Yola: lick

References

• “l?ken, 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