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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
bei
at; among; by 22 times
bei, beim
beide
both; two; either 11 times
beiden, beide
pronoun, accusative, plural; pronoun, nominative, plural; determiner, nominative, feminine, plural
beinah
almost; nearly 12 times
beinah
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
bestimmen
ordained; decisive 3 times
bestimmt
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.
bevor
before 5 times
bevor
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
binden
bound 5 times
gebunden
bis
until; up to; up 44 times
bis, Bis
preposition; subordinating conjunction
bis an + accusative = as far as, right up to.
bisweilen
at times 3 times
bisweilen
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
blindlings
blindly 3 times
blindlings
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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