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Words of Fear and Trembling · 191 headwords

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

val

val once

val

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

Velbehag

delight once

Velbehag

Idiom: 'have Velbehag i' = 'to delight in,' literally 'to have pleasure.'

Velbehagelighed

good pleasure once

Velbehagelighed

Echoes the biblical 'i hvem jeg haver Velbehagelighed' (Matthew 3:17, 'in whom I am well pleased').

vexle

alternate once

vexle

Archaic plural present-tense form (no -r ending), agreeing with the plural subject 'de tvende Udtryk'; the singular would be 'vexler.'

vorde

becomes once

vorder

'Vorder' is an archaic verb (from 'vorde') meaning 'becomes.'

vue

momentum once

Vuet

Archaic/dialectal noun (lit. roughly 'the run-up/impetus'); our translation renders it as 'momentum' in the leap metaphor.

være

is; was; be 1528 times

er, var, være, været, ere, Er, Var, vare and 5 more

auxiliary verb, present, indicative, active; verb, present, indicative, active; auxiliary verb, past, indicative, active

"Vare" is the archaic plural past tense of "være" (to be); modern Danish uses "var" for every person and number.

Seen once or twice

vaagne

awakens once

vader

the waders once

vaklen

wavering twice

Valg

choice once

vanartet

turn out badly once

Vand

water twice

vand

the water once

Vandrer

wayfarer once

vandring

wandering once

vanskabning

misshapen creatures; deformed creature twice

vanskabt

misshapen once

vanskeligst

hardest once

vanvid

madness once

Vanvid

madness once

Vanvidet

madness once

vapeur

vapors once

varm

warm once

varme

warmth once

Vaudeville

vaudeville once

vås

nonsense once

vedde

wager once

vederkvægende

refreshing once

vederlag

return once

vedgaae

acknowledge once

vedgå

acknowledge once

Vedholdenhed

tenacity once

vee

woe twice

Vee

woe once

Veemod

sorrow; touch of melancholy twice

veemod

melancholy twice

vegetere

vegetates once

Veie

ways once

Veiledning

guidance once

Vej

the road once

vejledende

guiding once

Vel

weal once

velgjørende

beneficial once

vellyst

voluptuousness once

vellystig

voluptuous twice

velorganiseret

well-organized once

Velsignelse

blessing once

velsignet

blessed once

velvillig

benevolent once

ven

friend once

Vendepunkt

the turning point's once

venlig

friendly; kindly twice

verdenskraft

world-force once

verkürzen

curtailed once

vers

verse twice

Vers

verse twice

versemager

verse-makers once

verständig

sensible once

verwahrlosen

neglected once

viator

of the wayfarers once

vidende

knowing once

videnskabelig

scholarly once

videor

might seem once

Vidne

a witness twice

Vidnesbyrd

testimony once

vidt

far twice

vidtløftig

long-winded twice

vidtløftighed

ramifications; prolixities twice

vidtløftigt

at length once

Vidunderlig

wonder; wondrous thing twice

vidunderlighed

wonder once

vidunderligt

Wondrously once

vie

wedded once

vigtig

important once

vigtighed

importance once

Viin

wine twice

vikle

wind once

Vildfarelse

error twice

vilje

will once

Villie

will twice

villie

will twice

VillieKraft

strength of will once

villig

willing twice

vink

hint; signal twice

Vink

hint; hints twice

vinke

beckoning once

virke

worked once

Virkning

effect once

virtuositet

virtuosity twice

Vished

the certainty once

vismand

wise men once

vitterlig

evident once

vittig

witty once

Viv

wife once

vogte

beware once

Vokal

the vowel once

vokse

outgrows once

vold

grip once

voldsom

violent once

Voltaire

Voltaire once

vorbei

by once

vornehm

distinguished once

vovestykke

venture once

voxe

grow; grew twice

vrede

wrath twice

Vrede

wrath; anger twice

vredes

grow angry once

vride

writhing; twisted twice

vriste

wrench once

Vrængbillede

caricatures twice

Væder

the ram twice

vænnes

be weaned twice

Værd

worth twice

værdelig

worthily once

værdighed

dignity once

værdigt

with dignity once

Værelse

room twice

Værste

worst twice

væve

weaving 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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