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Words of New Poems · 229 headwords

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

Haar

hair; hairs 17 times

Haar, Haare, Haaren, Haars, Haar–

noun, dative, neuter, singular; noun, nominative, neuter, singular; noun, dative, neuter, plural

Archaic poetic dative singular ending -e on 'Haar' (singular, not plural 'hairs').

haben

had; has; have 89 times

hat, hatte, hätte, haben, hatten, hab, habe, hätten and 6 more

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

Double-modal construction: 'hätte dürfen sein' = 'should have been allowed to be' (subjunctive perfect of a modal with an infinitive, hätte becomes dürfen becomes sein).

Hals

neck; necks 4 times

Hals, Hälse

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

halsen

necking once

halsend

From the rare/coined verb 'halsen' — to embrace by the neck, describing swan-like courtship.

halten

held; hold; holds 34 times

hielt, halten, hält, hielten, hältst, haltend, gehalten

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

Hand

hand; hands; handful 59 times

Hand, Hände, Händen, Hände–, Hände,–um

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

This token fuses two words with no space in the source text: 'Hände,' (hands, object of 'fortzulegen') and '–um' (introducing the 'zu sein' purpose clause); surface preserved exactly as given.

Handlung

act; action; bustle 4 times

Handlung

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

Hang

slope; slopes; leaning 3 times

Hang, Hängen

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

hart

hard; harsher; stiff 9 times

harten, harte, härter, hartes

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

Haufen

heap 3 times

Haufen

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

Haupt

head 8 times

Haupte, Haupt

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

Hauptmann

Captain; captain twice

Hauptmann

The note on this parse already identifies 'Hauptmann' as a vocative direct address, but the role field still says 'depends on hat' — hat is the auxiliary of the embedded quoted clause and has no syntactic relationship to the vocative.

Haus

houses; house; home 15 times

Haus, Häusern, Häuser, Hause

noun, dative, neuter, plural; noun, nominative, neuter, plural; noun, dative, neuter, singular

Haß

hatred 3 times

Haß

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, neuter, singular

hängen

hangs; hang; hung 17 times

hängt, hängen, hing, hängten, hingen, hings

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

Colloquial contraction of 'hing es' (it hung).

Häuserreihe

rows of houses twice

Häuserreihn

Poetic elision of 'Häuserreihen' to 'Häuserreihn' for the meter.

heben

lifts; lifted; raised 29 times

heben, hob, hebt, hebend, hoben, hübe, hübt, hebe and 1 more

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

heil

healing; whole twice

heil, heile

adjective; adjective, accusative, feminine, singular

Literally 'whole, unharmed'; the translation renders it as 'healing.'

heimgekehrt

homeward-returned once

heimgekehrten

‘die … heimgekehrten’ = 'those already returned home' (the words, pictured as birds come to roost) — this whole phrase is the subject of ‘saßen’ two lines below, not a finite verb itself.

heimlich

secretly; clandestine; secret 8 times

heimlich, heimlicher, heimlichen

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

Heimweh

homesickness 3 times

Heimweh

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

heiß

hot 9 times

heiß, heißen

adverb; adjective, genitive, feminine, plural; adjective, dative, feminine, singular

Not the verb heißen ("to be called") — here it's the adjective heiß ("hot"), declined dative plural to agree with the beams.

heißen

means; is called; called 7 times

heißt, geheißen, hieß

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

helfen

helps; Help; helped 5 times

hilft, Hilf, half, helfe

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

hell

bright; brighter; fair 17 times

hellen, hell, helle, heller–., heller, helles

adverb; adjective, dative, neuter, plural; adjective, dative, masculine, singular

Helm

helmet 4 times

Helm

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

Rilke splits ‘ohne Helm’ ('without a helmet') across the line break; German uses no article here — bare 'without helmet.'

Heloïse

Héloïses once

Heloïsen

Héloïse (d'Argenteuil), famed for her love letters to Abelard, is invoked here as an archetype of a great woman lover.

Hemd

shirts; shift twice

Hemden, Hemd

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

stecken here is intransitive ('to be lodged/stuck'), so Hemd is the subject, not an object.

Henkern

hangman's work once

Henkern

Nominalized infinitive of henkern ('to act as executioner'), meaning 'the hangman's work' — distinct from der Henker ('the hangman' as a person).

her

about; on; back 7 times

her

'von drüben her' is a fixed phrase meaning 'from over yonder' — her marks motion toward the speaker.

heraus

out 4 times

heraus

adverb; particle, separable verb prefix

Separable ‘heraustreten’ splits at the simple past and ‘heraus’ detaches from ‘trat’, but it is not clause-final here — ‘zum Rate’ still follows it. Plain prose would be 'trat er zum Rate heraus'; Rilke's order is inverted for rhyme.

hergeben

up once

her

'gab...her' = separable verb 'hergeben' (give up, surrender).

Herr

Lord; lords; lord 13 times

Herr, Herrn, Herren

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

hervor

out once

hervor

hervor is the separable prefix of hervorkommen ("to come forth, emerge"); read together with kam.

Herz

heart; hearts; heart's 23 times

Herz, Herzen, Herzens

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

heute

today; tonight; this 4 times

heute

Fixed phrase 'heute abend' = 'this evening/tonight.'

Hieronymus

Saint Jerome once

Hieronymus

A reference to Saint Jerome, often depicted in paintings withdrawn into a wild, remote setting — evoked here by the plover's cry from the thicket.

Himmel

sky; heavens; skies 22 times

Himmel, Himmeln

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

hin

toward; down; on 19 times

hin

adverb; separable verb particle

'hin' is the separable prefix of 'hinknien' (to kneel down).

hinausstreuen

scattered out once

hinausgestreut

Past participle (from hinausstreuen), paired with "flügelschlagend" — both describe the "Singen" from the opening line, not a separate finite verb.

hindrängen

pressed; to herd toward twice

hingedrängt, hinzudrängen

verb, past participle; verb, infinitive

zu-infinitive of the separable verb hindrängen ('push/herd toward'); zu is inserted between the prefix hin- and the stem.

hinein

in; into; within 14 times

hinein

Reinforces 'in': together 'in die Nacht hinein' means 'out into the night.'

hingeben

given away; give over; self-surrendered 4 times

hingegeben, hinzugeben

verb, participle; verb, infinitive; verb, past participle

Past participle of 'sich hingeben' (to surrender oneself), used adverbially here.

Hingegebensein

state of self-surrender once

Hingegebensein

A Rilke coinage: hingegeben ('given over, surrendered') + Sein ('being') — an abstract noun for a state of self-surrender.

hingehen

to go along; went; pass away 5 times

hinzugehn, hingingst, hingehn, hin, hingeht

verb, infinitive; verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular; separable verb particle

Poetic contraction of 'hinzugehen'; the infinitive phrase describes what the toil (Mühsal) consists of.

Hingehn

going-hence once

Hingehn

"Hingehn" (from hingehen, "to go away/pass on") is used as a euphemism for dying.

hinhalten

held out; holds out 4 times

hingehalten, hinhält, hinhielt, hingehaltnen

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

Left as the inflected surface form 'hinhält' rather than normalized to the infinitive, unlike the parallel fixes made elsewhere in this same output (gingst->gehen, siehst->sehen, zuzuschauen->zuschauen, stehst->stehen).

hinreißen

swept away; carried away; rapturous 6 times

hingerissen

verb, participle; verb, past participle

hinstreuen

to scatter out once

hinzustreun

Poetic elision of hinzustreuen, dropping the final -en for meter.

Hintergrund

background; backdrop 3 times

Hintergründe, Hintergrund, Hintergrunde

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

hintragen

borne along once

hingetragen

Past participle of hintragen ('to carry along'), describing the gazelle's motion — not a noun.

hoch

high; tall; high above 24 times

hohen, hoch, hoher, hohe, höheren, Hohe

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

Uses the ending "-er" where standard German expects "hohe" to agree with feminine Hoffnung — a textual variant.

hochgehoben

raised high once

hochgehobnem

hochgehobnem is a poetic apocope of hochgehobenem, dropping the unstressed e for meter.

hochmütig

haughty; arrogantly; Haughtily 4 times

hochmütig, hochmütiger, Hochmütig

adverb; adjective, dative, feminine, singular

Hof

court; farmstead; courtyard 3 times

Hof

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

hoffen

hope; hoped; hoped for 3 times

hoffen, hoffte, hofften

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

Hoffnung

hope; hopes 5 times

Hoffnung, Hoffnungen

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

hohl

hollow; cupped 3 times

hohl, hohlen

adjective, dative, feminine, singular; adjective, predicate; adjective, uninflected, predicate

horchen

listened; were listening; listen 3 times

horchte, horchen

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

Horn

horns; horn 3 times

Hörnern, Horn

noun, dative, neuter, plural; noun, nominative, neuter, singular

Höhe

height once

Höh

Poetic apocope of Höhe ("height"): in die Höh = "aloft, into the air."

hören

hear; heard; do you hear 17 times

hören, hörte, hörst, höre, hörens, hört

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

Contraction of 'hören' (hear) + clitic 's' (=es, 'it').

Hund

dog; dogs; hounds 8 times

Hund, Hunde, Hunden, Hundes

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

Hundert

hundreds 3 times

hunderte, Hunderte, Hunderte–

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

Seen once or twice

Haarschaum

hair-foam once

Hafen

harbor twice

Hagel

hail once

Hahn

cockerels once

halb

half twice

halbberuhigen

half-calmed once

halbveraschen

half-ashen once

halbvergessen

half-forgotten once

halbverhängt

half-curtained once

Halm

stalks; grass-stalks twice

Halsband

collar once

Haltung

posture; composure twice

Handeln

doing once

handeln

acting; bargain twice

Handelsreihe

rows of shops once

Handgelenk

wrist once

Handschuh

gloves once

Harfe

harp twice

Harfenknabe

harp-boy once

Harmonika

accordion once

hartgeworden

hardened once

haschen

snatched once

Hass

hatred once

hassen

hated once

Haube

bonnets once

Haubert

hauberk once

Hausaltar

household altars once

Hausgerät

household ware once

Hausherr

master of the house once

Hauslinde

house-lindens once

Hausrat

household goods once

hämmern

hammered; hammers twice

häufen

heaps up once

Heer

army's; armies twice

Heidehaus

heath-house once

Heiland

Saviour; Savior twice

heilig

holy once

Heilige

holy man twice

Heimlichkeit

hidden secrets; secrecy twice

heiter

cheerfully once

Held

hero twice

Heliotrop

heliotrope once

Helle

light; brightness twice

hemmen

checked once

Henkel

handles once

herab

down once

herabfallen

fell down once

herauf

up once

herausgreifen

singled out once

heraushalten

holds out once

heraustreten

stepped; stepped out twice

herein

in once

hergehen

to walk on once

Hergereister

one who has traveled here once

hergesandt

sent from afar once

hernach

thereafter once

herniederstürzen

plunges down once

herrisch

imperiously; imperious twice

herrlich

gloriously; glorious twice

Herrlichkeit

glory once

hersagen

reciting once

herschreiten

to come striding near once

hertragen

carrying; to carry twice

herum

round about; around twice

herumwaschen

washed round once

herunterfallen

falls down once

heruntertragen

carrying down once

herüber

over this way once

herüberlocken

lures over once

hervorkommen

reached once

herwenden

turned this way once

Herzog

duke once

Herzogin

duchess once

Hetärenhimmel

hetaera-heaven once

Heulen

howling twice

heulen

howled once

Heute

now once

hilflos

helpless once

Himmelbett

canopied bed once

Himmelfahrt

ascension once

hinabhalten

held back below once

hinan

upward once

hinauf

up twice

hinaufheben

to lift up; carried up twice

hinaufhorchen

listens up once

hindern

prevents; hinders twice

Hindernis

obstacles once

Hindin

hind once

hindurch

through once

hindüftend

wafting scent once

hineingehen

enters once

hineinhalten

hold into it once

hineinreißen

tears in once

hineinwerfen

flung once

hinführen

lead onward once

hingegeben

more given-over once

hingehalten

held-out once

hingekniet

ones knelt down once

hinhalsen

necking once

Hinhalten

holding out once

hinheben

lift up once

hinhudeln

botched out once

hinknien

kneeling low; knelt down twice

hinlassen

to let go once

hinlegen

laid down once

hinlenken

turned once

hinnehmen

took upon himself once

hinneigen

tilted once

hinnen

here once

hinreichen

passed up once

hinschielen

askance-leering once

hinschwinden

slipped away once

hinsehen

looking; look twice

hinstarren

stared on once

hinstellen

set down twice

hinstürzen

plunging-down once

Hinterhalt

ambush once

hinterher

behind; close behind twice

Hinterraum

back room once

hintreiben

drift; driven back twice

hinunter

down once

hinunterhängen

hang down once

hinüber

across once

hinübergleiten

glided over once

hinüberwenden

turns over toward once

hinwallend

down-surging once

hinwerfen

thrown down once

hinzugeben

given over once

Hirn

brain twice

Hirsch

stag once

Hirt

shepherd; shepherds twice

hissen

hoisting once

hochgezogen

drawn up once

Hochmut

arrogance; pride twice

hochstämmig

on tall stems once

Hochzeitsmahl

wedding-feast once

Hochziehn

lift once

hocken

crouch twice

Hoheit

majesty once

Hohle

hollow once

holen

fetches once

Holz

wood once

Horchen

listening once

höchstens

at most twice

Höhle

hollow once

höhnisch

scornful once

hölzern

woodenly once

Hörer

listener once

huldvoll

gracious once

hundertfach

hundredfold once

hundertmal

a hundred times twice

hundertzehnt

hundred-and-tenth once

Hungermaul

hungry mouths once

Hure

whore once

husten

cough once

Huster

cough once

Hut

hat twice

Hügel

hills once

hüllen

wrapped 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.
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