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Words of New Poems · 259 headwords

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

backen

baked once

buk

'buk' is an old strong past tense of 'backen' (modern German uses 'backte').

Bahn

band; orbit; walks 3 times

Bahn, Bahnen

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, plural

Balkon

balconies; balcony 3 times

Balkonen, Balkones

noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, singular

ballen

clenches; clenched; mass 3 times

ballt, geballt, ballen

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, participle; verb, infinitive

bang

afraid; anxious; trembling 9 times

bang, Bang, bange, bangen

adverb; adjective; adjective, predicate

'bang' literally means 'afraid, anxious'; the translation renders it as 'trembling.'

Bart

beard; beards twice

Barte, Bärte

noun, dative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

Archaic poetic dative singular ending -e on 'Bart'.

Baum

trees; tree; trees' 6 times

Bäume, Baum, Bäumen

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

Bänderhaken

ribboned barbs once

Bänderhaken

'Bänderhaken': the ribbon-decked barbed sticks (banderillas) planted in the bull's neck.

Becken

basins; pelvis 4 times

Becken, Beckens

noun, nominative, neuter, plural; noun, accusative, neuter, singular; noun, genitive, neuter, singular

bedienen

make use once

bedienen

'sich einer Sache bedienen' is an idiom meaning 'to avail oneself of / make use of something', governing the genitive (ihrer).

Beere

berry twice

Beere

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

'Beere um Beere' is an idiom: berry after berry, one at a time.

beginnen

began; begins; begin 10 times

begann, beginnt, begonnen

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past participle

begreifen

grasped; grasp; understand 10 times

begriff, begreifen, begreifend

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural

beide

both; two; either 11 times

beiden, beide

pronoun, accusative, plural; pronoun, nominative, plural; determiner, nominative, feminine, plural

bekannt

familiar; known 3 times

bekannt, bekannten

adjective, predicate; adjective; adjective, dative, masculine, plural

bemühen

strive; trouble twice

bemühn

'sich bemühn' (elided from 'sich bemühen') means 'to strive/make an effort,' parallel to 'dunkel sein' above.

Berg

mountain; mountains 4 times

Bergen, Berge, Berg

noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, dative, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular

beruhen

rest once

beruhn

Poetic contraction of 'beruhen' (to rest/rely); subject is 'sie' from the previous line.

berühren

touched; touching; touch 3 times

berührt, berührend, berühren

verb, participle; verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural

Berührung

touch 3 times

Berührung

noun, dative, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

Beschlag

hand once

Beschlag

idiom 'in Beschlag nehmen' = 'to take in hand/possession.'

beschreiben

describes; described; describe 3 times

beschreibt, beschrieb, beschreiben

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive

Rendered more freely above as 'takes in.'

Besitz

possession; possessions; having 4 times

Besitz, Besitze

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, singular

‘in Besitz nehmen’ is the fixed idiom 'to take possession of.'

Bestand

holding; company; stand 4 times

Bestand

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, singular

'von Bestand sein' is an idiom meaning 'to be lasting/enduring'.

bestehen

exists; held firm; might withstand 4 times

besteht, bestand, bestände

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular

bestreiten

disputed; contended; be disputed 3 times

bestritt, bestreiten

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive

Beter

those who pray once

Betern

'Beter' means 'one who prays, a supplicant'; the translation uses the archaic English sense of 'prayer' as 'one who prays,' not the recited prayer itself.

betreten

entered; never trodden; stepped into 5 times

betrat, niebetreten, betreten

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past participle; adjective, uninflected (predicate)

Bett

bed 3 times

Bette, Bett, Bettes

noun, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, dative, neuter, singular; noun, genitive, neuter, singular

Archaic poetic nominative ending -e on 'Bett', common in Rilke's verse.

bewegen

moved; move; swayed 6 times

bewegen, bewog, bewegte, bewegt

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, infinitive

bewohnen

inhabit; lives in; inhabited 3 times

bewohnen, bewohnt, bewohnte

verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

bezwingen

overcome; subdue; subdued 3 times

bezwungen, bezwingen, bezwang

verb, participle; verb, infinitive; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

biegen

bent; curved; bent down 5 times

bog, bogen

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural

Bild

image; picture; images 16 times

Bild, Bilder, Bilde, Bildern

noun, accusative, neuter, singular; noun, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, dative, neuter, singular

bilden

shaping; took shape; takes shape 3 times

bildend, bildeten, bildet

verb, participle; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

bis

until; up to; up 44 times

bis, Bis

preposition; subordinating conjunction

bis an + accusative = as far as, right up to.

blass

pale 3 times

blasser, blassem, blassen

adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, dative, masculine, singular; adjective, dative, feminine, plural

Blatt

leaves; leaf; petals 12 times

Blätter, Blatt, Blättern, Blatte

noun, accusative, neuter, plural; noun, nominative, neuter, plural; noun, nominative, neuter, singular

blau

blue 8 times

blauen, Blaues, blaues, blau, blaue

adjective, accusative, masculine, singular; adjective, dative, neuter, plural; noun, nominative, neuter, singular

Blau

blue 5 times

Blau, Blaus

noun, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, accusative, neuter, singular; noun, genitive, neuter, singular

bleiben

stayed; stays; stay 24 times

bleibt, blieb, bleiben, blieben, bliebe, blieb?–Die

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural

fused token: the tokenizer joined 'blieb' (stayed) with the punctuation and the next word 'Die' because the source has no spaces around the dash.

Bleiche

bleaching-cloth; paleness twice

Bleiche

Bleiche literally names a bleaching-ground (grass laid out for sun-bleaching linen); rendered here as "bleaching-cloth."

Blick

gaze; glances; look 27 times

Blick, Blicke, Blicken

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, singular

'Blick' literally means 'gaze/glance'; the translation renders it as 'eyes' to match the English idiom 'raised his eyes.'

blind

blind; the blind; more blind 6 times

blinde, Blinden, blind, blinder, blinden

noun, dative, plural; adjective, predicate; adjective, accusative, neuter, singular

Blume

flowers; flower 7 times

Blumen, Blume

noun, nominative, feminine, plural; noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, plural

Blut

blood 14 times

Blut, Blute, Bluts, Blut–, Blutes

noun, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, dative, neuter, singular; noun, accusative, neuter, singular

blutdurchglüht

blood-aglow one once

blutdurchglühte

an appositive to Roß ("his blood-aglow [steed]"); spaCy mis-tagged the compound adjective as a finite verb.

blühen

blooms; bloom; are in bloom 9 times

blüht, blühen, blühn, blühte, blühend

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, infinitive

Blütenblatt

petals 3 times

Blütenblätter

noun, nominative, neuter, plural; noun, accusative, neuter, plural

Bogen

bow; bows; arches 4 times

Bogen

noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

Bologneser

bichon once

Bologneser

'Bologneser' names the Bolognese, a small white lapdog breed fashionable among aristocratic ladies — not a person's name.

Botschaft

message; news 3 times

Botschaft

noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

böse

evil; angry; wicked 4 times

böser, bösen, böse

adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, dative, feminine, singular; adjective, dative, masculine, singular

brauchen

needed; need; needs 5 times

brauchte, brauchen, braucht

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

Braue

brows; eyebrows 3 times

Brauen, Braun

noun, nominative, feminine, plural; noun, dative, feminine, plural; noun (archaic plural), dative, feminine, plural

Archaic/poetic plural of 'Braue' (eyebrow) — not the color brown.

brechen

broke; broke through; would break 9 times

brach, brächen, brachen, bräche

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, plural; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural

breit

wide 4 times

breiten, breites, breit

adjective, genitive, masculine, singular; adjective, genitive, neuter, singular; adjective, accusative, neuter, singular

idiom: sich breitmachen — literally 'to make oneself broad,' i.e. to spread out, sprawl.

brennen

burned; fired 3 times

gebrannt, brannte, brannte,–

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, participle

bringen

brought; bring; brings 5 times

brachte, bringen, brachten, bringt

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural

Brot

bread; loaves 3 times

Brot, Brote, Brot,–

noun, accusative, neuter, singular; noun, nominative, neuter, plural

Brust

breasts; breast; breasts' 11 times

Brüste, Brüste–., Brüsten, Brust

noun, genitive, feminine, plural; noun, accusative, feminine, plural; noun, dative, feminine, plural

Brücke

bridges; bridge; Bridges 6 times

Brücken, Brücke

noun, nominative, feminine, plural; noun, dative, feminine, plural; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

Bude

stalls; booths 3 times

Buden

noun, accusative, feminine, plural; noun, dative, feminine, plural; noun, genitive, feminine, plural

Bug

prow; curving side 4 times

Bug

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, singular

Bug normally names a ship's bow/prow; here it is used poetically for the curved side of the bowl.

Bülbül

bülbül once

ßülbül

The lemma 'Bülbül' (Persian nightingale) is correct, but 'ß standing in for capital B' is not an attested German orthographic convention — this is more likely a scanning/transcription artifact in the source text than a deliberate 'old-type rendering.'

Seen once or twice

Baal

Baal once

Bach

streams; brook twice

Baden

bathing once

baden

bathe once

badend

bathing girl once

bald

soon; Soon twice

Baldachin

canopies once

Balustrade

balustrades twice

Band

ribbons once

bange

afraid twice

Bangen

dread once

Bank

benches twice

bar

bare once

barock

baroque once

Basalt

basalt once

batisten

cambric one once

Beben

trembling once

beben

quivering; tremble twice

Becher

cup twice

bedenken

think once

bedrohen

threatened twice

bedroht

threatened; more imperiled twice

bedürfen

have need once

beengen

hemmed in once

Beet

beds; flower-bed twice

Befehl

commands once

befehlen

had commanded once

befühlen

felt for once

Begegnen

meeting once

begehren

craved; desiring nothing twice

Beginnen

beginning once

beglänzt

more brightly gleaming once

begleiten

accompany; escorts twice

begonnen

begun once

begraben

buried once

begrenzen

confined once

behalten

hold onto once

Behang

hangings once

Behälter

vessel once

behängen

draped once

Beifall

applause once

Bein

legs twice

beisammen

together once

Beisammensein

being-together once

beisammenstehen

stand together once

Beischlaf

coupling once

Beistand

helper once

beizen

hawked once

beißend

stinging once

bekränzen

wreathed; garlanding twice

belauschen

eavesdropped on once

bemerken

noticed once

benehmend

muffling once

beneiden

envies once

bepackt

laden man once

bereit

ready twice

bereiten

prepare twice

bergen

hide; tuck away twice

Bergwerk

mine twice

berichten

told once

bersten

burst-open once

berufen

called once

beruhigen

calmed once

beruhigt

quieted once

berühmen

should boast once

berührt

touched once

Besatz

border once

Beschauer

onlookers once

beschäftigen

occupied once

beschäftigt

busy once

beschließen

resolved once

beschränken

hemmed in twice

Beschränker

restrainers once

Beschreibung

description once

beschützen

protected once

beschwörend

imploring once

Beschwörer

charmer once

besetzen

studded once

besiegen

vanquished once

besinnen

finds once

besitzen

owned; possessed twice

besonderer

particular once

beständig

steadily once

bestürzt

dismayed one once

betäuben

numbed once

beten

pray once

Betrachter

beholder once

Betrug

deceit once

Bettbezug

bed-linens once

bettheiß

bed-hot once

Bettler

beggars once

beugen

had bent down once

Beule

swelling once

Beute

spoils once

bewachen

guarded once

bewahren

kept once

Bewegen

motion once

Bewegung

movement once

beweisen

to prove; proved twice

bewundern

marvelled at; admired twice

Bewunderung

admiration once

Bewußtsein

consciousness once

beziehen

meant once

Bibelot

knick-knacks once

Biegen

bend once

Biene

bees; of bees twice

bieten

would offer once

Bilderfolge

sequences of images once

bildlos

imageless once

Bildnis

portrait once

Binnensee

inland lake once

Birke

birches once

Birne

pear once

Bischof

bishop once

Bischofshut

bishop's mitre once

Biss

bites once

Bissen

bites once

bithynisch

Bithynian once

Bitte

prayer once

bitten

was asking; begged twice

bitter

bitter twice

blank

bright once

Blanke

bright sheen once

blasen

blows once

blaß

pale once

bläken

baring once

Blätterfall

fall of leaves once

blättern

leafed once

bleibend

remaining once

bleich

pale twice

blenden

dazzles; dazzle twice

Blendung

dazzlement twice

blickverschwenderisch

squandering glances once

Blinde

gone blind once

blinken

gleaming once

blitzend

flashing twice

blond

blonde once

Blond

blond once

bloß

bare once

Blöße

bareness once

Blumenblatt

flower-petals once

Blumenkelch

flower-calyx once

Blumenstiel

flower-stem once

Blumenstück

flower still lifes once

blumig

flowering once

bluten

bleeds once

blutig

bloody once

Blühen

blooming once

blühend

blossoming once

Blütendolde

flower-clusters once

Boden

bottom once

Bogenstrich

stroke of the bow once

Boot

boats once

Born

wells once

boshaft

spitefully once

Bosheit

malice once

Bote

messenger twice

Böschung

bank once

Branden

surging once

braun

brown once

Brautkleid

bridal gown once

Bräutigam

bridegroom once

Breite

width once

breitgewellt

broad-billowing once

Brief

letter twice

Briefeschreiber

letter-writers once

Briefpapier

letter-paper once

Brite

Brite once

Brocken

lump once

brodeln

seethed once

Brokat

brocade once

Bronzeguß

bronze-casting once

Bruder

brother once

Brunnenstein

well-stone once

brüllen

roared; bellowed twice

Buch

book twice

Bund

covenant once

Bundeslade

Ark of the Covenant once

bunt

gaudy; bright-colored twice

bunter

gaudier once

buntgebunden

brightly-bound once

Burgund

Burgundy once

Busch

bushes once

Buschwerk

thicket once

Bühne

stage once

Bündel

cluster; swarm twice

Bürste

brush 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 (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource.
Translation
Public-domain German (Rilke, d. 1926). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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