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Words of New Poems · 208 headwords

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

Fahne

banners; flag 3 times

Fahnen, Fahne

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

fahren

drove; struck 3 times

fuhr, fuhren, fuhren–

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

Fahrt

voyage; voyages; drive 3 times

Fahrt, Fahrten

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, plural

Falke

falcons; falcon twice

Falken

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

'um...jungen Falken willen' (spanning two lines) = 'for the sake of the anxious young falcon.'

Fall

fall 4 times

Fall, Falles, Kall

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

Genitive of manner: 'zagen Falles' = 'with a timid fall,' an archaic construction describing how the boys came down.

fallen

fall; fell; falls 25 times

fallen, fiel, fällt, fiele, fielen

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

Falte

folds 4 times

Falten

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

fangen

caught; catches 3 times

fingen, finge, fängt

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

Subjunctive II (irrealis) form of fangen; here part of the separable verb einfangen, split with 'ein' at the end of the next line.

fassen

be grasped; held; seize 10 times

fassen, faßte, fasse, fassen–, faßt, gefaßt

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

Subjunctive I, completing the 'als ob' clause begun in the line above.

fassungsohne

without composure once

fassungsohne

Rilke's coinage, reversing the ordinary compound 'fassungslos' (composure-less) to 'fassungs-ohne' for the rhyme.

Federspiel

falconry once

Federspieles

'Federspiel' (lit. 'feather-play') is falconry; 'des hohen Federspieles' = 'of the high sport of falconry.'

fehl

astray once

fehl

'fehlgehen' (to lose one's way) is a separable verb; 'fehl' is its detached prefix.

feien

ward once

feien

Archaic verb meaning to protect by magic/charm (survives in 'gefeit sein gegen', to be immune to).

feierlich

solemn; solemn, festive 3 times

feierlichen, feierlich

adjective, dative, neuter, singular; adjective, predicate

Felsen

rock; rocks twice

Felsen

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

Felsen is singular here ("der Felsen" = a boulder), matching the singular verb war; the translation pluralizes to "rocks" for natural English.

Fenster

windows; window 12 times

Fenster, Fenstern, Fenster–

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

object of 'hinter' from the previous line: 'hinter ... erhellten Fenstern' = 'behind ... lit windows'.

Fensterrose

rose window; rose windows 3 times

Fensterrose, Fensterrosen

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

fern

distant; far; far away 18 times

fern, ferne, fernen, fernes, Fernem, Fernes, Fern, ferner and 1 more

adverb; adjective, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, dative, neuter, singular

Ferne

distance; distances; afar 9 times

Ferne, Fernen, ferne

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

fertig

finished; ready 3 times

fertig

adjective (predicate, uninflected); adjective, predicate; adverb

Fertigsein

finishing once

Fertigsein

Nominalized infinitives formed with 'sein' are always neuter (das Sein, das Dasein, das Fertigsein) — the same rule is already correctly applied to Hingegebensein elsewhere in this output; masculine here is inconsistent.

fest

firm; tighter; fortified 5 times

festen, fester, festes

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

feucht

damp; moist 6 times

feucht, feuchter, feuchte

adjective; adverb; adjective, accusative, neuter, plural

Fieber

fever; fevers 3 times

Fieber

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

Figur

figure; form; figurine 5 times

Figur, Figuren

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

'voll' governs a bare (uninflected) genitive here, a poetic construction: 'voll Figur' = 'full of form'.

finden

found; find; would find 20 times

fand, finden, finde, fänden, fände, findet, gefunden, fanden

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

finster

dark; grim 3 times

finster

adverb; adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective

Fisch

fish 3 times

Fische

noun, genitive, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, plural; noun, accusative, masculine, plural

flach

shallow; flat 4 times

flache, flachem, flachen

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

flasken

slack once

flasken

Rare/dialectal Rilke word, roughly 'slack, flabby' — describes the drooping tops of the poppy stems; not a standard dictionary adjective.

fleckig

spattered once

fleckig

'fleckig' predicatively describes 'der eine' (the person in the parenthetical), not any verb — there is no verb nearby for it to modify adverbially.

fliegend

flying 3 times

fliegend, fliegende

adverb; adjective, accusative, neuter, plural

fliehen

fled; flee 3 times

floh, fliehn

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

spaCy mis-tagged this elided infinitive (fliehn = fliehen) as a dative noun.

fließend

flowing water once

Fließendem

Nominalized adjective: 'in Fließendem' = 'in something flowing', i.e. flowing water, left implicit.

flimmern

flicker; would shimmer twice

flimmern, flimmerte

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

'warum siehst du...die Falter flimmern um den hohen Phlox' is a perception (AcI-style) construction spanning the two segments ('watch the butterflies flicker'); flimmern is the complement of siehst (s4-l2), not an independent main verb — 'siehst' has no other object.

fluchen

curses; curse 3 times

flucht, fluchen

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

Flut

flood; wave; tide 7 times

Flut, Fluten

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

Fluß

river; stream; rivers 6 times

Fluß, Flüssen

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

'X um X' is an idiom for endless repetition: 'X upon X.'

flügelschlagend

wing-beating twice

flügelschlagende, flügelschlagend

adjective, accusative, neuter, plural; adverb

A Rilke compound ("Flügel" wing + "schlagend" beating) describing the singing as if it were a bird.

folgen

followed; follow; pursued 6 times

folgten, folgen, folgte, folgend

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

Form

forms; shape; mould 4 times

Formen, Form

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

formen

forms; did you form; form 3 times

formt, formtest, formen

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

fortgehen

to go away; goes off; to depart 7 times

fortzugehn, fortzugehen, fortgeht, fortging

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

Fortgeliehne

lent-away thing once

Fortgeliehne

A Rilke coinage: a nominalized past participle meaning literally "a lent-out one" — something loaned out and eventually returned, used figuratively for the woman herself.

fragen

asked; questioning; to ask 4 times

fragten, fragend, fragte, fragen

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

Frau

women; woman; wives 20 times

Frauen, Frau, Fraun, Frau–

noun, genitive, feminine, plural; noun, nominative, feminine, plural; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

Frauenzimmer

woman once

Frauenzimmer

Archaic/dialectal word for 'woman' (literally 'women's chamber').

freilassen

sets free once

freiläßt–

Old spelling ('ß' for 'ss') of 'freilässt', present tense of 'freilassen', to release.

fremd

strange; foreign; alien 19 times

fremden, fremd, fremdes, Fremd, fremde, Fremdes, Fremde

adverb; adjective, dative, feminine, singular; adjective

fressen

devoured; devours twice

fraß, frißt

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

fressen normally means "to eat" for animals; using it for a human disease is deliberately harsh.

freuen

rejoiced; rejoice; looked forward 5 times

freuten, freuen, freut

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

Freuen

gladness once

Freun

Freun is a poetic elision of Freuen ('das Freuen' = rejoicing/gladness), not Freund ('friend').

Freund

friend 3 times

Freund, Freunde

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

Freundin

friends; sweetheart; beloved 3 times

Freundin, Freundinnen

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

frisch

fresh 3 times

frisch, frischen, frisches

adverb; adjective, accusative, feminine, plural; adjective, accusative, neuter, singular

Frucht

fruit 7 times

Frucht, Früchte, Früchten

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

früh

early; before; soon 8 times

früher, frühe, früh, frühes

adverb; adjective, accusative, feminine, singular; adjective, nominative, masculine, singular

Frühling

spring; springtime 3 times

Frühling, Frühlings

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

furchtbar

terribly; terrible; dreadfully 5 times

furchtbar, furchtbaren

adverb; adjective, dative, masculine, singular; adjective

Fuß

feet 6 times

Füße, Füßen

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

fühlen

feels; feel; felt 26 times

fühlt, fühlen, fühlte, Fühlst, fühlten, fühlst, fühle, Fühlen and 1 more

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

führen

lead; led; leading 7 times

führen, führend, führte, geführt

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

füllen

filled; fills 5 times

füllte, füllt, füllten

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

fürstlich

princely; Princely 4 times

fürstlichen, Fürstlich

adjective, dative, neuter, singular; adjective, genitive, neuter, singular; adverb

Seen once or twice

Fach

compartment once

fade

bland once

Faden

thread once

Fahren

journeying once

Falbe

dun horse once

Fallen

ebbing; falling twice

fallend

falling once

falsch

false once

falten

folding once

Faltenmantel

pleated mantle once

Falter

butterflies; moths twice

Farbentiegel

paint-pots once

fatal

fatal once

Faust

fist once

Fächer

fan twice

Fähnchen

little flags once

Fäule

rot; decay twice

Feder

feather once

Feige

fig once

Feigenbaum

fig tree once

fein

fine once

Feld

field twice

Feldzeichen

battle-standard once

Fell

coat; fur twice

Fensternische

window niche; window recess twice

Fensterrahmen

window frame once

Ferme

farmhouses once

fernher

from far off once

fernst

most distant once

Fernste

farthest once

fernverlaufen

strayed far off once

fertig-voll

finished, brimming; finished, full-grown twice

festhalten

to hold onto once

festlich

solemnly once

feststehend

something fixed once

festverschlossen

tight-shut once

Fetzen

scraps; rags twice

Feuersbrunst

conflagration once

Feuerschein

firelight; the firelight twice

Fibel

brooches once

fieberhaft

feverishly once

fiebern

feverishly once

filtern

filter once

Finden

finding once

Finger

finger once

Finsternis

darknesses; darkness twice

firnisklar

varnish-clear once

flackern

flare up once

Flagge

flags once

Flamme

flame twice

flammen

flames once

Flandern

Flanders once

Flanke

flank once

Flaum

down once

Fläche

surface once

flehen

pleads; pleading twice

Flehen

pleading once

Fleisch

flesh once

Flicken

patches once

fliegen

fly; flew twice

Fliegen

flying once

Fliegende

flying once

fließen

flows; flowed twice

Floh

fleas once

Florentiner

Florentine hat once

Flotte

fleet once

Flößer

raftsmen once

Flucht

flight once

Flug

flight twice

Flußbett

riverbeds once

flüchten

flee; fled twice

Flüchtende

fugitive once

Flüchtling

fugitive twice

Flügel

wings; wing twice

Flügelkleinod

winged crest once

Flügelschlag

wingbeat once

flügelschlagen

beating wings once

Flügeltür

folding doors once

Flüssigkeit

liquid once

flüssigklar

fluid-clear once

Flüstern

whispering twice

flüsternd

whispering once

folgend

who follow once

folgsam

obediently once

fortgeben

given away; gives away twice

Fortgehen

going off once

fortgeworfen

the cast-off once

fortlegen

to lay aside once

fortnehmen

taken away once

fortreißen

torn away once

fortrücken

pushed forward once

fortstellen

sets away once

forttreten

drawn back once

fortwährend

forever; continually twice

Frage

questions once

fragil

fragile once

Fragonard

Fragonard once

Fratze

grimace once

frauenhaft

womanly once

frei

free twice

Freie

open air once

Freier

suitor once

freigeben

released once

Freiherrin

Baroness once

freilich

though once

Fremde

strangeness; stranger twice

Fremder

stranger twice

Freude

joy once

freundlich

friendly once

Frieden

peace once

Frische

coolness once

Frist

appointed hour once

froh

glad once

Front

front once

Frost

frost once

frösteln

shivered once

fruchtbar

fruitful once

Fruchtfleisch

fruit-flesh once

Fruchtgewinde

garlands of fruit once

Fruchtrot

fruit-red once

Fruchtstück

fruit once

Frühe

early hour once

Frühgeburt

premature births once

Frühherbstmorgen

early-autumn morning once

Frühlingsbeet

spring flower-beds once

Frühlingsmorgen

spring morning once

Frühwind

early wind once

Furchtbarsein

dreadful being once

Fußfesselring

leg-shackle rings once

Fußgelenk

ankle's; ankles twice

fußlos

footless once

Fühlen

feeling twice

fühlend

feeling once

fühllos

unfeeling once

Fülle

fullness once

fürchten

was afraid once

fürchtend

fearing once

fürder

henceforth once

Fürst

prince's; princes twice

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