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)

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