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Words of Fear and Trembling · 216 headwords

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

marqueur

score-keeper once

Marqueur

'Marqueur' is a French loanword for the attendant who tallies points in a game (e.g. billiards) — Kierkegaard's image for a philosopher who merely tracks progress instead of living it.

mellembestemmelse

intermediate determination once

Mellembestemmelse

Object fronted for emphasis (OSV word order): Abraham, not 'Mellembestemmelse', is the subject of 'har'.

mellemliggende

intermediate term once

Mellemliggende

Refers to the ethical/universal 'middle term' that faith, per Kierkegaard, bypasses.

misforstå

misunderstand once

misforstaae

Historical spelling 'misforstaae' for modern 'misforstå'.

Moder

the mother; mother; its mother 11 times

Moderen, Moder, Moderens

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

Moderen is a fronted topic resumed by the pronoun hun — a common spoken-style construction; together they mean simply 'the mother.'

mon

I wonder once

Mon

"Mon" is a Danish interrogative particle with no single English equivalent — it frames a tentative question, roughly "I wonder if" or "is it really the case that".

Münchhausen

Münchhausen once

Minchhausen

Reference to Baron Münchhausen, teller of tall tales.

Seen once or twice

maal

goal twice

Maaned

months once

maaned

months once

Maaskee

perhaps twice

mad

food once

mageligt

comfortably once

mageløs

matchless; incomparably twice

magnus

great once

majoritet

majority once

makkere

partners once

male

paints once

mandag

Monday once

Mandsperson

male person once

Mange

many people's once

Mangel

lack twice

mangel

the lack once

mangfoldighed

multitude once

margen

margin once

Marmor-Statue

marble statue once

Martyrium

martyrdom once

marv

marrow once

Materialisme

materialism once

maxime

most once

målestok

measure once

medfølelse

fellow-feeling's once

Medhustru

concubine once

mediation

mediation once

Meditation

meditation once

Mediterende

meditator once

Medlem

a member; member twice

medlidende

compassionate once

Medvider

confidant twice

Medvidere

confidants once

medvirkende

contributing factor once

megen

much once

mein

my once

melleminstants

intermediate instances once

mellemligge

what lies between once

memoria

memory once

menigmand

the common man once

Menneskehed

humanity once

menneskehed

humanity's once

menneskeligt

humanly twice

Menneskeliv

human life once

Menneskene

men once

menneskerace

races of men once

Menneskeslægt

the human race's once

Menneskeslægten

human race's once

Mennesket

man once

menneskevrimmel

the throng of people once

Mensch

people; person twice

mente

mind once

Mephistopheles

Mephistopheles's once

Mester

Master once

Mesterskab

mastery; mastery's twice

methode

method once

meus

my once

MÉyor

(Greek) once

middagssøvn

afternoon nap once

Middel

means once

Middelalder

the Middle Ages once

middelalder

the Middle Ages once

Miltiades

Miltiades's once

Minde

a memory twice

mindelig

amicable once

Mindre

less once

mindst

least of all; least twice

Mine

expression once

minus

less once

minut

minute once

Mirakel

miracle once

mirakel

miracle once

misforstaae

misunderstood once

Misgjerning

outrage once

mislykke

failed once

mistanke

suspicion once

miste

lose; lost twice

mistvivle

despaired once

mistænkelig

suspect once

mistænksom

suspicious once

misundelsesværdig

enviable once

misundelsesværdigt

enviable once

misvisning

divergence's once

modargument

counter-argument once

modenhed

maturity twice

moderliv

the mother's womb once

modernisere

modernize once

modificere

modify once

modløshed

faint-heartedness once

modne

ripened once

Modparadox

the counter-paradox once

modsat

opposite twice

modsige

contradicts twice

Modsigelse

contradiction twice

modstaa

withstand once

Modstand

resistance once

modstykke

the counterpart once

momentviis

momentarily once

momentvis

momentarily once

Monographi

monographs once

monolog

monologue once

moralsk

moral twice

moralsystem

systems of morals once

Mord

the murder; murder twice

mord

murder once

morder

murderer once

Morijabjerget

Mount Moriah once

mos

custom once

Moses

Moses once

mudder

the mire once

Mulig

the possible once

mund

of speech; mouth twice

muskel

muscle once

müssen

must; had to twice

mysterium

mystery once

Mystification

mystification once

mystisk

mystical once

mægtig

mighty once

mæle

speech once

Mærkelighed

the remarkable thing once

mærkværdig

most remarkable; remarkable twice

mætte

sated once

Møie

toil once

møje

trouble once

mørk

dark twice

Mørke

darkness 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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