inleven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnˌleːvə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧le‧ven
Verb
inleven
- (reflexive, ditransitive) to put oneself into somebody else's place, to feel oneself as being somebody else, identify oneself with one's role, empathise with
- Een acteur moet zich inleven in zijn personage.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive, ditransitive) to project oneself into a situation, the past
Inflection
| Inflection of inleven (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | inleven | |||
| past singular | leefde in | |||
| past participle | ingeleefd | |||
| infinitive | inleven | |||
| gerund | inleven n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | leef in | leefde in | inleef | inleefde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leeft in | leefde in | inleeft | inleefde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leeft in | leefde in | inleeft | inleefde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leeft in | leefde in | inleeft | inleefde |
| 3rd person singular | leeft in | leefde in | inleeft | inleefde |
| plural | leven in | leefden in | inleven | inleefden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | leve in | leefde in | inleve | inleefde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | leven in | leefden in | inleven | inleefden |
| imperative sing. | leef in | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leeft in | |||
| participles | inlevend | ingeleefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- invoelen
- meeleven
Derived terms
- inleving
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