sammanlikna

Swedish

Etymology

samman (“together”) +‎ likna (“liken”)

Verb

sammanlikna (present sammanliknar, preterite sammanliknade, supine sammanliknat, imperative sammanlikna)

  1. to compare and equate (aspects of two or more things)
    De två situationerna bör ej sammanliknas. De är väldigt annorlunda.
    They two situations should not be compared. They are very different.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sammanlikna (weak)
active passive
infinitive sammanlikna sammanliknas
supine sammanliknat sammanliknats
imperative sammanlikna —
imper. plural1 sammanliknen —
present past present past
indicative sammanliknar sammanliknade sammanliknas sammanliknades
ind. plural1 sammanlikna sammanliknade sammanliknas sammanliknades
subjunctive2 sammanlikne sammanliknade sammanliknes sammanliknades
present participle sammanliknande
past participle sammanliknad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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