érzelemben

érzelemben is the inessive case form of the Hungarian noun érzelem, meaning "emotion" or "feeling." In Hungarian morphology, the suffix -ben marks the inessive, indicating "in" or "inside" a domain. Accordingly, érzelemben is typically translated as "in emotion" or "in the realm of emotion," and it is used to refer to someone’s emotional state or to describe situations that are emotional in nature rather than factual or cognitive.

Usage and nuance: The form is most common in literary, philosophical, or rhetorical writing, where emotions are treated as a conceptual domain. In everyday speech, speakers more often use adverbs or noun phrases such as érzelmileg ("emotionally") or érzelmi szempontból ("from an emotional perspective") to express related meanings. The locative form can appear with predicative verbs or adjectives to express a state: for example, érzelemben gazdag, meaning "rich in emotion" or "full of emotion," describing a work, scene, or mood.

Grammar notes: érzelem is a countable noun; the plural is érzelmek. The inessive singular is érzelemben; the plural form is érzelmekben. The suffix follows vowel harmony rules, and the form participates in standard Hungarian noun declension patterns.

See also: érzelem; érzelmi; érzelmi állapot.