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Words of Fear and Trembling · 267 headwords

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

haand

hand; the hand 11 times

Haand, Haanden

Idiom: "viet til venstre Haand" ("wedded with the left hand") was period phrasing for a morganatic marriage — a marriage across unequal social rank, in which the lower-ranked spouse and children took reduced status and inheritance rights. Kierkegaard contrasts it with faith's demand for "the right [hand]", i.e. full, unconditional union.

haben

have; would have 5 times

haben, håtte

auxiliary verb, subjunctive, active; verb, active, infinitive; auxiliary verb, infinitive

German "hätte ... haben können" is a double-infinitive modal-perfect construction: "could have had".

halvfjerde

three-and-a-half once

halvfjerde

Archaic Danish counting: 'halvfjerde' literally means 'half-fourth,' i.e. three and a half.

Held

Blessed once

Held

Idiom: Held den, der... = 'Blessed/fortunate is the one who...'.

Helt

hero; the hero; the hero's 35 times

Helt, Helten, Heltens, Helte, Heltes

noun, common gender, singular; noun, common gender, singular, definite; noun, genitive, common gender, singular

Word order is inverted for emphasis: 'Helten' is the fronted object, not the subject — 'det' (w11) is the actual subject.

Herre

the Lord; Lord; the Lord's 12 times

Herren, Herre, Herrens, Herres

noun, common gender, singular, definite; noun, common gender, singular; noun, genitive, common gender, singular

himmel

heaven; heaven's 12 times

Himlen, Himlene, Himlens, Himmel, Himmelens

noun, common gender, singular; noun, common gender, plural, definite; noun, genitive, common gender, singular

'Himmelens' is a genitive modifier of Herre, parallel to 'Jordens' (w3, already correctly tagged 'possessor of Herre'); the actual subject of 'give' is the head noun Herre (w4), not its genitive modifier.

hjemfalden

forfeit once

hjemfalden

hjemfalden til = 'forfeit to, given over to' (archaic legal/theological term).

horror

horror once

horror

Latin phrase left untranslated by Kierkegaard: 'religious dread.'

Høire

right hand once

Høire

"Høire" (right) is used here as a noun meaning "right hand."

højmodighed

high-mindedness twice

Højimodighed, Høimodighed

Older spelling of 'højmodighed' (high-mindedness, magnanimity).

Seen once or twice

haane

scorn once

haard

hard once

haarsbred

hair's breadth once

had

hatred once

Hagar

Hagar twice

hai

the shark once

halb

half once

Hals

neck once

halvfjerdsindstyve

seventy once

halvforstaaet

half-understood once

hamburgische

Hamburgische once

Hammerslag

the hammer's fall once

Han

the cock's once

handel

commerce's once

Handelsspekulation

commercial speculation once

handling

action once

harmoni

harmony once

harmonia

harmony once

hast

haste once

haste

hasten once

Hat

hat once

havfrue

mermaid once

hånd

hands; hand twice

Hebraisk

Hebrew twice

hede

heath once

hedenskab

paganism twice

Hedenskab

paganism once

Hedenskabet

paganism once

Hedning

heathens once

heftig

more violently once

heks

witches once

heldigviis

fortunately once

heldigvis

Fortunately once

Hele

whole once

hellige

hallowed; consecrated twice

helligst

holiest once

helst

rather once

heltedaad

heroic deed once

heltegjerning

heroic deed once

heltemod

heroism twice

helvede

hell's once

hemmelighed

secrecy; the secret twice

henad

Toward once

henføre

being referred; is referred twice

hengivelse

surrender's once

Hengivenhed

devotion twice

henkaste

flung down once

henrette

executed; put to death twice

henrinde

run their course once

henvende

turns once

heraklitisk

Heraclitean once

heri

in this once

herkomst

origin once

herlighed

glory twice

Herlighed

glory once

herligste

most glorious thing once

hermed

with this twice

Herodes

Herod once

herpaa

of this; to this twice

Herren

the Lord's once

herske

reigns; rules twice

herskerinde

sovereign once

herved

by this; here twice

hesitator

hesitator once

hest

horse twice

Hest

the horse; horses twice

hic

this; here twice

hidse

goads; inflame twice

hidtil

so far; hitherto twice

hiint

that once

himmelhøit

heaven-high once

himmelraabende

crying to heaven once

hinder

hindrance once

hinken

limp once

historie-forhold

a circumstance of history once

historisk

historical once

hitte

think once

hjemfalde

forfeit once

hjemvise

be turned away once

hjerne

brain once

Hjælp

help twice

Hjælpemiddel

aid once

Hofdame

court lady's once

holdning

bearing once

Holland

Holland once

hominem

the man once

hoveder

minds once

hovedsag

the main point once

huje

whooping once

hukommelse

memory once

Humor

humor twice

Humorist

humorist once

Hund

dogs once

hundrede

a hundred twice

hunger

hunger twice

hungrig

hungry once

hunner

Huns once

hurtigløber

quick-runners once

hurtigt

quickly once

hus

house once

Hustru

wife twice

hustru

wife once

huus

house twice

huusgeraad

household goods once

Hvile

rest twice

hvilebogstav

quiescent letter once

hvilkensomhelst

any once

hvirvel

whirlwind once

hvisken

whispering once

hviskende

whispering once

hvoraf

how; from which twice

hvorefter

after which once

hvorfra

from which once

hvorhen

where once

hvorimod

whereas once

hvorpaa

by which once

hvortil

to what end once

hvæsse

whet once

hykler

hypocrite once

Hæder

honor once

hæderværdig

honorable once

hædre

honored; is honored twice

hæfte

fixed once

hævn

revenge once

hævne

avenge twice

høide

the height once

høiere

higher once

høieste

highest once

Høimod

magnanimity once

Høimodighed

magnanimity; high-mindedness twice

Høirøstethed

loud-voicedness once

høist

most once

høistæret

most honored once

høitidelig

solemn once

højere

higher twice

Højere

higher twice

højimodig

magnanimous; magnanimously twice

højmodig

magnanimously once

Højre

the right once

højre

right once

Hørende

listener 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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