inlevelse
Swedish
Etymology
in (“in”) + leva (“live”) + -else (noun suffix, -ing)
Noun
inlevelse c
- vividly imagining something, immersion, empathizing, (when reading something) expression
- Gitarristen hade grym inlevelse i solot
- The guitarist really got into the solo
- Skådespelarna saknar helt inlevelse
- The actors are completely wooden
- Han berättade om krigets fasor med inlevelse
- He told of the horrors of war with feeling
- Han läste med inlevelse
- He read with expression
Usage notes
"A getting into something," loosely. See also leva sig in.
Declension
| Declension of inlevelse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | inlevelse | inlevelsen | inlevelser | inlevelserna |
| Genitive | inlevelses | inlevelsens | inlevelsers | inlevelsernas |
References
- inlevelse in Svensk ordbok (SO)