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lika barn leka bäst

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Literally, "alike children play best (with each other)." Leka is a frozen (slightly) archaic present tense plural form. The present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara. Leker would be expected in contemporary Swedish.

Proverb

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lika barn leka bäst

  1. birds of a feather flock together