inlevelse

Swedish

Etymology

in (“in”) +‎ leva (“live”) +‎ -else (noun suffix, -ing)

Noun

inlevelse c

1. 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	inlevelse	inlevelses
	definite	inlevelsen	inlevelsens
plural	indefinite	inlevelser	inlevelsers
	definite	inlevelserna	inlevelsernas

References

• inlevelse in Svensk ordbok (SO)