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Words of Fear and Trembling · 197 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

DEeCUS

dunce once

DEeCUS

Source word appears OCR-corrupted; gloss follows the given translation ('dunce') — the underlying Danish word is uncertain.

denne

this; these; This 345 times

dette, denne, Dette, disse, Denne, Disse, define, disses and 2 more

pronoun, neuter, singular; determiner, common gender, singular; determiner, neuter, singular

The text reads 'define' here, almost certainly an OCR/typesetting corruption of 'denne' ("this/that," referring back to Virkning, the speech's effect); glossed and parsed accordingly.

desaarsag

for that reason; therefore twice

desaarsag

Archaic contraction of "des Aarsag" (for that reason).

dne

dne once

dne

OCR-corrupted fragment; untranslatable as it stands, and left as-is in the translation too.

drage

drew; drawn; draw 19 times

drog, drage, dragen, draget, drager, drages

verb, past, indicative, active; verb, past, participle, singular; verb, active, infinitive

drage covers both 'to draw' (a blade, as here) and 'to journey/travel' (as later in Da Du drog hjem) — the same verb, two senses.

du

you; yourself; Thou 70 times

Du, Dig

pronoun, nominative, common gender, singular; pronoun, accusative, common gender, singular; pronoun, accusative, common gender, singular, reflexive

The translation renders the archaic formal address ('Du/Dig/Din') with archaic English 'thou/thee/thy' to match the Biblical register.

dunkel

dark; obscure 6 times

dunkle

adjective, singular; adjective, plural; adjective, common gender, singular, definite

Seen once or twice

3die

third once

Daare

fools once

Daarekiste

the madhouse once

daarligt

badly once

Daarskab

folly once

daarskab

folly twice

daglig

daily twice

dal

the valley once

Dame

lady once

dands

the dance once

Dands

dance once

dandse

dance once

dannelse

good breeding; cultivation twice

Dannelse

cultivation once

dannet

educated once

dansk

Danish once

darin

in that twice

Daub

Daub once

dazu

besides once

dårlig

foolish once

dårskab

folly once

debeo

ought once

decerno

I have resolved once

decurro

having run its course once

deel

number of once

Deelagtighed

share once

Deeltagelse

fussing; fellow-feeling twice

deeltagelse

sympathy once

definitivt

definitively once

deilig

lovely; lovelier twice

deilighed

loveliness once

dejlig

lovely once

dejlighed

loveliness once

deklamationsstykke

declamation-piece once

del

parts; things twice

Delphi

Delphi twice

dels

partly twice

dementia

madness; dementia twice

denn

for once

Denne

This; These twice

depravation

depravation once

derfra

from it once

derhen

thither once

derhos

withal once

derind

in there; in twice

derover

over it once

derpå

on it; this point twice

Dersom

if twice

desorientere

disoriented twice

desultorisk

desultory once

detego

I had discovered once

Deus

God twice

Dialektik

dialectic twice

Dialektiske

dialectical element once

Diana

Diana's once

dico

said once

Diderot

Diderot once

dieser

this once

Differents

distinctions once

difficile

difficult thing once

digterisk

poetic once

dilemmatisk

dilemmatic once

diligo

I love once

Diogenes

Diogenes once

dira

dire once

direkte

direct once

Discipel

disciple once

disciplin

discipline once

discrimen

crisis once

disponere

has at his disposal once

disposition

the disposition once

disputere

dispute once

dissertatio

Discourse once

distinction

distinction once

Distinction

distinction twice

divinus

divine once

diætetisk

dietary once

dobbelt

double; twofold twice

Dobbelt-Bevægelse

double movement once

dobbeltbevægelse

the double movement once

Docent

the lecturers once

dogmatisk

dogmatic once

doktorattest

doctor's certificate once

Dom

judgment; the judgment twice

dom

verdict; the verdict twice

Dommer

judge once

Dommersværd

the sword of judgment once

Dorskhed

sloth once

dort

there once

Dragt

the costume once

Dramaturgie

Dramaturgie once

drehen

turning once

dreie

turns twice

dressur

training once

drift

urge once

Drift

impulse once

driftig

enterprising once

dristig

bold once

dronning

Queen once

Drøm

dream; dreams twice

drøm

dreams once

drømme

dream; dreamed twice

dubium

doubts once

due

pigeons once

dumdristig

rash once

dumdristighed

foolhardiness once

Dumhed

stupidity once

dunkle

dark once

Dusin

dozen once

dv

(Greek) once

dvask

sluggish once

dybere

deeper twice

dybsindig

profound once

dybt

deeply once

Dyd

virtue twice

dyr

dearest; beasts twice

dyrebar

dear once

dyrehaugsselskab

fairground crew once

dyrisk

animal once

dysse

soothing once

Dæmon

demon once

Dæmoniske

demonic once

dæmre

loom once

Dødsdom

death warrant once

dødssituation

death situation once

døe

die twice

døgenigt

good-for-nothing once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Søren Kierkegaard, d. 1855; first published 1843, under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio).
Translation
Public-domain Danish (Kierkegaard, d. 1855; published 1843). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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