ingivelse

Swedish

Etymology

From in (“in”) +‎ giva (“give”) +‎ -else (creates nouns from verbs). Approx. "in-giving."

Noun

ingivelse c

  1. a sudden (often positive and creative) thought or idea or impulse, an inspiration
    Av en ingivelse hade hon gömt mobilen och spelat in samtalet, vilket ledde till att han fälldes i rätten
    In a moment of inspiration, she had hid her mobile phone and recorded the conversation, which led to him being convicted in court
    att få en ingivelse att göra något
    to have an impulse to do something
    Det var inte planerat i förväg. Det var en ingivelse.
    It wasn't planned in advance. It was a sudden idea.

Declension

Declension of ingivelse
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ingivelse ingivelses
definite ingivelsen ingivelsens
plural indefinite ingivelser ingivelsers
definite ingivelserna ingivelsernas

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References

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