in german does 'wie' mean like and are there any other ways of saying like?

Answer 1

'Wie' can mean like when you're comparing something to another thing. For instance,

This cake is like a rock = dieser Kuchen ist wie ein Felsen

It does also mean 'how': wie gehst du heute? = how are you today?

Answer 2

being swiss german and visiting this site by hazard i'd like to help you of course (you just have to ignore my bad english): generally i consider most of the answers correct. 'wie' can be used as both either 'how' or 'like'. for the case you need synonyms: 1.for 'wie' as 'how': auf welche Art; auf welche Weise; wodurch;womit;auf welchem Weg (needless to say that it depends on the context how you use them) 2. for 'wie' as like: gleichwie;so wie; nach Art (von). a third possibility is to use 'wie' in the sense of 'als', which means 'when', but i have to say it has become old-fashioned. something i saw i had some trouble with: someone wrote 'wie so?' as a question word. but you can't write it in two words and it always means 'why'. a synonym would be 'warum'. someone mentioned capital letters: only nouns, nationalities and names are written with capital letters, except the first word of the sentence of course. one last thing: someone made an example of using it in a sentence, which wasn't quite correct (but understandable even though):"wie gehst du heute? = how are you today?" the german sentence would have to be: "wie geht es dir heute?" (literally translated: how does it go for you today?, which is probably understandable in english as well, but not quite correct either)(Ammahlie already used it in a correct example before) karin's explanation is a little confusing but in fact she's right too (to a certain extend): 'mögen' indeed means 'to like', but not like as 'wie' or 'how' - that's an english problem only because these two words can mean both in english (what i don't have to tell you, of course) but don't think we wouldn't have similar cases in german. these two language are so close to each other, that's why it's fun to compare them and decover similarities. i hope i could help you a little and that what i wrote was understandable. if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me, i try to help if i find time. have a good time, peace!

Answer 3

'Wie' can mean 'how', 'like' and 'as' depending on the context.

It's very difficult to give you another way of saying 'like' without having any context but if you mean a sentence such as 'X is like Y', then no I don't think there's any other way of saying that without using 'wie'.

Answer 4

Wie can mean both how and like depending on how it is used in a statement.eg Wie geht es Dir?( How are you) or Das smeckt wie Schokolade (It tastes like chocolate)

Answer 5

Wie means how but you can also use it as like.

Answer 6

It's an interesting question. I'm german. I would translate "wie" to "as": "same procedure as every year". But that may be british english...

Answer 7

No, wie means how. like is Wie i think with a captial but im not so sure now it doesnt make sense. Sorry i don't know if im correct or not.

Answer 8

'Wie' means 'how' but is sometimes used in the context of 'like'.

For example:

-Wie geht's? = HOW are you? (very casual)
-Wieso? = HOW so? = Why?
-Wie ein Auto = LIKE a car

Answer 9

wie means how. I think mogen or mochte (with the two dots above the o) is like in german. I hope it helps

Answer 10

wie means how.do you know what is a dictionary