lijken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch geliken, liken, from Old Dutch *gilīkon, from Proto-Germanic *galīkōną.
Verb
lijken
- (copulative) to seem, appear
- Dat lijkt me leuk!
- That seems fun (to me)!
- (intransitive) to have a resemblance, to depict well what it is intended to
- Deze tekening lijkt sprekend!
- This drawing looks just like the real thing.
Inflection
| Inflection of lijken (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lijken | |||
| past singular | leek | |||
| past participle | geleken | |||
| infinitive | lijken | |||
| gerund | lijken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lijk | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lijkt | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lijkt | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lijkt | leekt | ||
| 3rd person singular | lijkt | leek | ||
| plural | lijken | leken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lijke | leke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lijken | leken | ||
| imperative sing. | lijk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lijkt | |||
| participles | lijkend | geleken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- lijken op
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch liken, from Old Dutch līcon, from Proto-Germanic *līkijaną.
Verb
lijken
- (archaic) To please, (in archaic English usage) to like
Inflection
| Inflection of lijken (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lijken | |||
| past singular | leek | |||
| past participle | geleken | |||
| infinitive | lijken | |||
| gerund | lijken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lijk | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lijkt | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lijkt | leek | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lijkt | leekt | ||
| 3rd person singular | lijkt | leek | ||
| plural | lijken | leken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lijke | leke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lijken | leken | ||
| imperative sing. | lijk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lijkt | |||
| participles | lijkend | geleken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
lijken
- Plural form of lijk
Anagrams
- linkje