{"work":{"slug":"rilke","title":{"source":"Neue Gedichte","translated":"New Poems"},"author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","language":"German","languageCode":"de","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"die-liebende","title":{"source":"Die Liebende","translated":"The Woman in Love"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-liebende","lines":25},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/uebung-am-klavier","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-roseninnere","license":"Source text: public domain (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource. English translation and notes: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC. Narration: synthesized for this edition.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"die-liebende-s1-l1","source":"Das ist mein Fenster. Eben","translation":"That is my window. Just now","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Eben","title":"Adverb of time","body":"Eben here is the adverb of time, 'just now, a moment ago'. It marks something barely past and runs on into the next line, so 'just now I woke' reads as one clause across the break."}],"words":[{"surface":"Das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"That"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"mein","lemma":"mein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Fenster","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Fenster","lemma":"Fenster","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"window"},{"surface":"Eben","lemma":"eben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on erwacht","gloss":"Just now"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"die-liebende-s1-l2","source":"bin ich so sanft erwacht.","translation":"I woke so gently.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"bin ich … erwacht","title":"Perfect tense with sein","body":"erwachen, 'to wake up', is a change of state verb, so it forms its perfect with sein, not haben: ich bin erwacht, 'I woke'. bin is the finite verb in second position, and erwacht, the participle, goes to the end."}],"words":[{"surface":"bin","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"have"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sanft","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"sanft","lemma":"sanft","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on erwacht","gloss":"gently"},{"surface":"erwacht","lemma":"erwachen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"woken"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"die-liebende-s1-l3","source":"Ich dachte, ich würde schweben.","translation":"I thought I would be floating.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ich würde schweben","title":"Conditional with würde","body":"würde is the Konjunktiv II of werden. With an infinitive it builds the conditional: ich würde schweben, 'I would float'. It reports the dachte-clause before it. schweben means 'to float, hover'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on dachte","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"dachte","lemma":"denken","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"thought"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on würde","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"würde","lemma":"werden","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"depends on dachte","gloss":"would"},{"surface":"schweben","lemma":"schweben","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on würde","gloss":"float"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"die-liebende-s1-l4","source":"Bis wohin reicht mein Leben,","translation":"How far does my life reach,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Bis wohin","title":"Fixed phrase for distance","body":"wohin is the directional question word 'to where'. bis wohin is a fixed phrase meaning 'up to where, how far'. The finite verb reicht, 'reaches', stays in second position after the question word."}],"words":[{"surface":"Bis","lemma":"bis","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on reicht","gloss":"to","note":"Idiom: 'bis wohin' = 'how far.'"},{"surface":"wohin","lemma":"wohin","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Bis","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"reicht","lemma":"reichen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"reach"},{"surface":"mein","lemma":"mein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Leben","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Leben","lemma":"Leben","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on reicht","gloss":"life"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"die-liebende-s1-l5","source":"und wo beginnt die Nacht?","translation":"and where does the night begin?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on beginnt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wo","lemma":"wo","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on beginnt","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"beginnt","lemma":"beginnen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"begin"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Nacht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Nacht","lemma":"Nacht","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on beginnt","gloss":"night"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"die-liebende-s2-l1","source":"Ich könnte meinen, alles","translation":"I could imagine all of it","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Ich könnte meinen","title":"Modal softens a claim","body":"meinen here means 'to think, suppose', not 'to mean'. könnte is the Konjunktiv II of können, 'could', so ich könnte meinen is 'I could think, I could believe'. alles, 'everything', is its object."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"könnte","lemma":"können","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"could"},{"surface":"meinen","lemma":"meinen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"imagine","note":"Literally 'to think/believe'; rendered as 'imagine' here."},{"surface":"alles","lemma":"alle","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"everything"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"die-liebende-s2-l2","source":"wäre noch ich ringsum;","translation":"were still me, all around;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"wäre","title":"Subjunctive in reported thought","body":"wäre is the Konjunktiv II of sein, 'to be': 'were'. It continues the könnte meinen clause as an unreal supposition rather than a statement of fact. ringsum means 'all around'."}],"words":[{"surface":"wäre","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"were"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"ringsum","lemma":"ringsum","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"all around"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"die-liebende-s2-l3","source":"durchsichtig wie eines Kristalles","translation":"transparent as a crystal's","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"eines Kristalles","title":"Genitive ending in -es","body":"eines Kristalles is genitive singular, 'of a crystal', governing Tiefe, 'depth', in the next line. Masculine and neuter nouns add -s or -es in the genitive; Kristalles keeps the fuller, older -es form."}],"words":[{"surface":"durchsichtig","lemma":"durchsichtig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"transparent"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Kristalles","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"eines","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Kristalles","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Kristalles","lemma":"Kristall","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"crystal's"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"die-liebende-s2-l4","source":"Tiefe, verdunkelt, stumm.","translation":"depth, darkened, mute.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"verdunkelt","title":"Past participle used as adjective","body":"verdunkelt is the past participle of verdunkeln, 'to darken', built from dunkel, 'dark', with the prefix ver-. Used adjectivally after Tiefe it describes the crystal depth as 'darkened'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tiefe","lemma":"Tiefe","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"depth"},{"surface":"verdunkelt","lemma":"verdunkeln","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Tiefe","gloss":"darkened"},{"surface":"stumm","lemma":"stumm","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on verdunkelt","gloss":"mute"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"die-liebende-s3-l1","source":"Ich könnte auch noch die Sterne","translation":"I could even still the stars","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"könnte","lemma":"können","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"could"},{"surface":"auch","lemma":"auch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Sterne","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Sterne","lemma":"Stern","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on fassen","gloss":"stars"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"die-liebende-s3-l2","source":"fassen in mir; so groß","translation":"hold within me; so great","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"fassen in mir","title":"Infinitive carried from an earlier line","body":"fassen means 'to grasp, hold, contain'. Its subject and modal, könnte, stand two lines above, so ich könnte ... die Sterne fassen in mir is 'I could hold the stars within me'. mir is dative 'me'."}],"words":[{"surface":"fassen","lemma":"fassen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on könnte","gloss":"hold"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fassen","gloss":"within"},{"surface":"mir","lemma":"mir","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on groß","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"groß","lemma":"groß","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"great"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"die-liebende-s3-l3","source":"scheint mir mein Herz; so gerne","translation":"my heart seems to me; so gladly","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"scheint mir","title":"Verb takes a dative person","body":"scheinen means 'to seem, appear'; with a dative person it means 'to seem to someone'. so groß scheint mir mein Herz is 'so great does my heart seem to me'. mir is the dative of ich."}],"words":[{"surface":"scheint","lemma":"scheinen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"seems"},{"surface":"mir","lemma":"mir","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"to me"},{"surface":"mein","lemma":"mein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Herz","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Herz","lemma":"Herz","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"heart"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gerne","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"gerne","lemma":"gerne","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ließ","gloss":"gladly"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"die-liebende-s3-l4","source":"ließ es ihn wieder los,","translation":"it let him go again,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ließ … ihn … los","title":"Separable verb split by the clause","body":"loslassen, 'to let go, release', is separable. The stem lasst, here liess, its past tense, stays in the verb slot, and the prefix los moves to the end: liess es ihn wieder los, 'let him go again'. ihn is accusative 'him'."}],"words":[{"surface":"ließ","lemma":"loslassen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"let"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ließ","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"ihn","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ließ","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ließ","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"los","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on ließ","gloss":"go"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"die-liebende-s4-l1","source":"den ich vielleicht zu lieben,","translation":"him whom I perhaps began to love,","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"den ich","title":"Accusative relative pronoun","body":"den is the masculine accusative relative pronoun, 'whom', pointing back to ihn in the line before. The clause's finite verb, begann, is held to the end, and the zu-infinitives zu lieben and zu halten depend on it."}],"words":[{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on lieben","gloss":"whom"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on begann","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"vielleicht","lemma":"vielleicht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on lieben","gloss":"perhaps"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on lieben","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"lieben","lemma":"lieben","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on begann","gloss":"love"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"die-liebende-s4-l2","source":"vielleicht zu halten begann.","translation":"perhaps to hold began.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"zu halten begann","title":"Verb governs a zu-infinitive","body":"beginnen, 'to begin', takes a zu-infinitive: zu lieben begann, zu halten begann, 'began to love', 'began to hold'. Because this clause is subordinate, opened by den, the finite verb begann is held to the very end."}],"words":[{"surface":"vielleicht","lemma":"vielleicht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on halten","gloss":"perhaps"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on halten","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"halten","lemma":"halten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on begann","gloss":"hold"},{"surface":"begann","lemma":"beginnen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"began"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"die-liebende-s4-l3","source":"Fremd wie niebeschrieben","translation":"Strange as never written of","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"niebeschrieben","title":"Coined compound word","body":"niebeschrieben fuses nie, 'never', with beschrieben, the past participle of beschreiben, 'to describe, write down': 'never described, never written of'. fremd here means 'strange, unfamiliar'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Fremd","lemma":"fremd","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sieht","gloss":"Strange"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on niebeschrieben","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"niebeschrieben","lemma":"niebeschrieben","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"never written of","note":"Rilke's own coinage: 'nie' (never) + 'beschrieben' (described/written) fused into one word."}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"die-liebende-s4-l4","source":"sieht mich mein Schicksal an.","translation":"my fate looks at me.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s4-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sieht … an","title":"Separable verb with inverted subject","body":"ansehen, 'to look at', is separable: the stem sieht takes the verb slot and the prefix an goes to the end, sieht mich ... an, 'looks at me'. Because the sentence opens on an adverbial phrase, the subject mein Schicksal follows the verb."}],"words":[{"surface":"sieht","lemma":"ansehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"looks"},{"surface":"mich","lemma":"mich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular","role":"depends on sieht","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"mein","lemma":"mein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Schicksal","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Schicksal","lemma":"Schicksal","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on sieht","gloss":"fate"},{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on sieht","gloss":"at"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"die-liebende-s5-l1","source":"Was bin ich unter diese","translation":"What am I, laid out beneath","stanza":5,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s5-l1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"What"},{"surface":"bin","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"am"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"unter","lemma":"unter","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"beneath"},{"surface":"diese","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on unter","gloss":"this"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"die-liebende-s5-l2","source":"Unendlichkeit gelegt,","translation":"this infinity,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s5-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"unter diese Unendlichkeit gelegt","title":"unter with the accusative","body":"unter, a two-way preposition, takes the accusative, diese Unendlichkeit, because the laying down implies placement rather than a fixed location. gelegt is the past participle of legen, 'to lay'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Unendlichkeit","lemma":"Unendlichkeit","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on unter","gloss":"infinity"},{"surface":"gelegt","lemma":"legen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"laid"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"die-liebende-s5-l3","source":"duftend wie eine Wiese,","translation":"fragrant as a meadow,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s5-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"duftend","title":"Present participle of duften","body":"duftend is the present participle of duften, 'to give off fragrance, smell sweet'; der Duft is 'scent'. eine Wiese means 'a meadow'. The whole phrase, 'fragrant as a meadow', modifies the implied subject of the sentence."}],"words":[{"surface":"duftend","lemma":"duften","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"fragrant"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Wiese","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Wiese","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Wiese","lemma":"Wiese","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"meadow"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"die-liebende-s5-l4","source":"hin und her bewegt,","translation":"moved this way and that,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s5-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"hin und her","title":"Fixed pair for movement","body":"hin und her is a fixed pair meaning 'to and fro, back and forth'; hin marks motion away, her motion toward. bewegt is the past participle of bewegen, 'to move'."}],"words":[{"surface":"hin","lemma":"hin","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on bewegt","gloss":"this way"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on hin","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"her","lemma":"her","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"that way"},{"surface":"bewegt","lemma":"bewegen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"moved"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"die-liebende-s6-l1","source":"rufend zugleich und bange,","translation":"calling at once and afraid,","stanza":6,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s6-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"bange","title":"Adjective related to Angst","body":"bange means 'anxious, fearful, apprehensive', related to die Angst, 'fear'. rufend is the present participle of rufen, 'to call out'. zugleich means 'at the same time, at once'."}],"words":[{"surface":"rufend","lemma":"rufen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"calling"},{"surface":"zugleich","lemma":"zugleich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on rufend","gloss":"at once"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on rufend","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"bange","lemma":"bange","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"afraid"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"die-liebende-s6-l2","source":"daß einer den Ruf vernimmt,","translation":"that someone may catch the call,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s6-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"daß einer … vernimmt","title":"Subordinate clause with daß","body":"daß, 'that', subordinates the clause and sends its finite verb, vernimmt, to the end. vernehmen means 'to perceive, hear, catch a sound', more formal than hören. einer is 'someone', nominative subject; den Ruf, 'the call', is its object."}],"words":[{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on vernimmt","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"einer","lemma":"ein","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vernimmt","gloss":"someone"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Ruf","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Ruf","lemma":"Ruf","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vernimmt","gloss":"call"},{"surface":"vernimmt","lemma":"vernehmen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"catches","note":"Literally 'perceives/hears'; translated as 'catch' here."}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"die-liebende-s6-l3","source":"und zum Untergange","translation":"and for her undoing","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s6-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zum Untergange","title":"Noun for downfall","body":"der Untergang means 'downfall, ruin, destruction', also the 'setting' of a star, from untergehen, 'to go down, sink'. zum Untergange is dative with the archaic -e ending, 'for, unto destruction'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on zum","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"zum","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bestimmt","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"Untergange","lemma":"Untergang","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on zum","gloss":"undoing"}]},{"number":25,"label":"25","id":"die-liebende-s6-l4","source":"in einem andern bestimmt.","translation":"in another, ordained.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-liebende-s6-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"bestimmt","title":"Past participle meaning destined","body":"bestimmt is the past participle of bestimmen, 'to determine, destine, ordain'; used predicatively it means 'destined, fated'. in einem andern, 'in another', is dative after in."}],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bestimmt","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on andern","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"andern","lemma":"anderer","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"another"},{"surface":"bestimmt","lemma":"bestimmen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on bin","gloss":"ordained"}]}]}