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Words of Fear and Trembling · 118 headwords

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

NE

[page mark] once

NE

Likely a page-break or catchword artifact from the print scan, not a real word in the sentence.

nec

un- once

nec

'Nec opinate' is Latin 'nec opinato' (unexpectedly, lit. 'not having been expected') — 'opinate' is likely a spelling slip for 'opinato.'

necessitas

necessity once

mnecessitas

Printed 'mnecessitas' — apparently a scanning/typesetting slip for the Latin 'necessitas' in Kierkegaard's borrowed phrase 'dira necessitas' ('cruel necessity', from Horace).

nej

no; No 4 times

Nei, Nej

ni

unless once

ni

Latin aside 'ni fallor' ('if I am not mistaken') — Kierkegaard inserts an untranslated Latin hedge here.

nihil

nothing; of no account 3 times

nihil, nihili

pronoun, nominative, singular; pronoun, accusative, singular; noun (Latin), genitive singular

nl

nl once

nl

Stray artifact carried over from the source text/OCR, not a Danish word; preserved as-is since it also appears (untranslated) in the English translation.

noch

what's more once

noch

"noch dazu" is a German idiom meaning "what is more / to boot".

Seen once or twice

n

printer's mark once

naa

reached once

naae

reached; reaches twice

nag

resentment once

Nag

grudge once

Naivetet

naivety once

naivitet

naïveté once

nar

fool once

nat

night twice

Nat

night once

naturalis

natural once

naturlig

natural; naturally twice

naturligt

naturally once

naturligvis

naturally twice

nämlich

same twice

nåde

grace once

nedbede

call down once

nede

down once

nedlægge

deposited once

nedrig

base twice

nedskrive

write down once

nedtordne

thundered down once

nedværdige

be debased; degraded twice

nedværdigelse

degradation once

neie

curtsied; curtsies twice

nerve

nerve once

Nervezittring

tremblings once

nicht

not once

nidkjær

zealous twice

nisse

goblins once

nivellere

level once

nogenlunde

more or less once

nogensomhelst

any at all once

nogensteds

anywhere once

nogetsomhelst

whatsoever once

non

do not; not twice

Nonsens

nonsense twice

normalt

normally twice

noster

our twice

Noureddin

Noureddin once

Nu

instant; moment twice

Nul

nothing once

Nullitet

nullity once

nullus

no once

numerus

ranks once

nyde

enjoys; enjoyed twice

Nyhed

newness once

Nyheder

novelties once

Nymphe

nymphs once

nys

whiff once

nysgjerrig

curious once

nyt

new once

nytte

good once

nærhed

the nearness once

næring

nourishment once

nærmest

primarily; chiefly twice

Nærværende

a present once

næstfølgende

next once

nødvendig

necessary once

nødvendighed

necessity; the necessity twice

Nødvendighed

the necessity; necessity twice

nødvendigt

necessarily once

nøgen

naked once

nøie

precisely; close twice

nøje

content once

Nølen

delaying twice

Nøler

delayer 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.
Data
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Two whoopie pies and a pine. An inside joke.