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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	inlevelse	inlevelsen	inlevelser	inlevelserna
Genitive	inlevelses	inlevelsens	inlevelsers	inlevelsernas

References

• inlevelse in Svensk ordbok (SO)