No Matter How You Say It: Empathy
In Other Languages
Spanish – empatía
French – empathie
German – empathie
Italian – empatia
Finnish- empatia
Polish – empatia
Zulu – uzwela
For other character qualities related to Empathy,
visit the Related Qualities page.
Word Origin
The origin of the word Empathy comes from German Einfühlung (from ein “in” + Fühlung “feeling”).
Can you see how Empathy is getting “in” the feelings of others?
Sign Language
Can you see how Empathy is the recognizing a feeling of the heart and Callous is a break from the heart?
Empathy Idioms and Phrases
- All Ears
- Be a bleeding heart
- Be a friend in need
- Be a good communicator
- Be a good listener
- Be a human sponge
- Be a kindred spirit
- Be a mind reader
- Be a people person
- Be able to relate to others
- Be in tune with someone’s emotions
- Be in your skin
- Be non-judgmental
- Be open-minded
- Be respectful of others
- Feel someone’s pain
- Give a hoot
- Have a good bedside manner
- Have a heart for someone
- Have a heart of gold
- Have a sixth sense
- Have emotional intelligence
- I feel your pain
- I hear what you are saying
- Listen with your heart
- Offer a shoulder to cry on
- Pour One’s Heart Out
- Put yourself in someone else’s shoes
- Put Yourself in Someone’s Shoes
- Relate to someone
- See things from someone else’s point of view
- See things from your side
- See with someone else’s eyes
- Show compassion
- Soft-hearted
- Walk a Mile in My Shoes
- Walk a mile in someone’s shoes
- Wear someone else’s heart on your sleeve