What does eins og in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word eins og in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use eins og in Icelandic.

The word eins og in Icelandic means as if, like, as. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word eins og

as if

conjunction

Hundurinn gelti eins og hann skildi hvað ég hafði sagt.
The dog barked as if it understood what I'd said.

like

adpositionconjunction (similar to)

Sérðu hversu miklu frjálsari þér líður við lyklaborðið eftir að hafa æft tónskalana eins og hinir krakkarnir?
See how much freer you feel at the keyboard after practicing your scales like the other kids?

as

conjunction (in the same way that)

Við lifum, ekki eins og okkur langar til, heldur eins og við getum.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

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Ūú ūarft ekki ađ láta eins og ūú ūurfir ađ vera hér.
You don't have to pretend like you want to be here.
Eins og ég hafđi ráđgert.
As I had planned.
Ūetta er eins og dáleiđsla, rétt?
It's like hypnotism, right?
„Að læra að lesa var eins og að losna úr áralöngum fjötrum,“ segir 64 ára kona.
“Learning to read was like being freed from chains after many years,” said one 64-year-old.
Eins og Hebreabréfið 13:16 orðar það: „En gleymið ekki velgjörðaseminni og hjálpseminni, því að slíkar fórnir eru Guði þóknanlegar.“
In the words of Hebrews 13:16: “Do not forget the doing of good and the sharing of things with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”
10 Hér er Jerúsalem ávörpuð eins og hún búi í tjöldum líkt og Sara gerði.
10 Here Jerusalem is addressed as if she were a wife and mother dwelling in tents, just like Sarah.
Munu lofaðar blessanir verða að veruleika ef við höldum áfram að lifa eins og við lifum í dag?
If we continue to live as we are living, will the promised blessings be fulfilled?
Það er athyglisvert að Satan hafði líka sagt Evu að hún yrði „eins og Guð“! — 1. Mósebók 3:5.
Interestingly, Satan had also told Eve that she would be “like God”!—Genesis 3:5.
Eins og ég segi nemendum minum, einn drykkur er einum of mikiđ.
Like I tell my students, even one drink is one drink too many.
Ekki horfa á mig eins og ég hafi svikiđ ūig.
Don't look at me like I betrayed you.
Eins og ég væri furðuleg stúlka, skrítin stúlka...... eða jafnvel ekki stúlka af því að ég gat leikið
Like I was some sort of a weird girl or a strange girl...... or not even a girl, just because I could play
Ūeir vađa um jörđina eins og gráđugir úlfar... og gleypa allt sem á vegi ūeirra verđur.
They prowl the Earth like ravenous wolves... consuming everything in their path.
1, 2. (a) Hvað merkja orðin „þekking“ og „að þekkja“ eins og þau eru notuð í Ritningunni?
1, 2. (a) What is the meaning of “know” and “knowledge” as used in the Scriptures?
Rétt eins og Jehóva óskum við þess að fólk gefi boðskapnum gaum og haldi lífi.
Like Jehovah, we dearly wish that people would respond to the message and “keep living.”
Sú var tíðin að nöfn eins og Chernóbýl, Love Canal, Amoco Cadiz, og Bhopal voru óþekkt.
There was a time when names like Chernobyl, Love Canal, Amoco Cadiz, and Bhopal would have been met by no more than puzzled faces.
Stelpur láta eins og ūær fíli ūig ekki ūegar ūær gera ūađ í raun.
Girls act like they're not into you when they really are.
Núna eru um 3000 tungumál eins og múrar sem tálma skilningi, og hundruð falskra trúarbragða rugla mannkynið.
Today, some 3,000 languages act as a barrier to understanding, and hundreds of false religions confuse mankind.
Og enn undarlegra var það, að ljósið hvarf og alt var myrkrunum hulið eins og áður.
Still more, the light which had shone for an instant disappeared, and all was again in obscurity.
Rétt eins og sifjaspell, og ađ riđlast á líkum og dũrum.
Right up there with incest and necrophilia and bestiality.
Hann hafði undarlega tilfinningu fyrir því að hann væri eins og byrjaður að bíða eftir einhverju.
He had a queer feeling that he was waiting for something.
Komdu ekki fram viđ mig eins og krakka.
Could you stop treating me like a baby?
(Lúkas 8:11) Eða eins og önnur útgáfa dæmisögunnar segir, er sæðið „orðið um ríkið.“
(Luke 8:11) Or, as another record of the parable says, the seed is “the word of the kingdom.”
Við þurfum að líta á ‚þekkinguna á Guði‘ eins og ‚silfur,‘ og ‚fólginn fjársjóð.‘
We need to view “the very knowledge of God” as “silver” and as “hid treasures.”
Hvernig geturðu svarað þessari ásökun og sannað að þú sért ráðvandur gagnvart Guði, rétt eins og Job?
How can you answer his challenge and prove your integrity to God, as Job did?
Ég er líka misskilinn eins og hann.
I'm misunderstood too, just like he was.

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