liksom

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

• “liksom” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “liksom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lissåm (eye dialect)

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.

See also

• mæssåm

References

• “liksom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹lɪksɔm/, [¹l̪ɪkːs̪ɔm], /¹liːksɔm/, [¹l̪iːks̪ɔm]
• 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 [like as] the neighbor's shed [bit more literary or old-fashioned sounding compared to "stor som grannens skjul" (big as 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 [like as] 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.

Synonyms

• likasom (dated)

See also

• lixom
• typ

References

• liksom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• liksom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• liksom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)