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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
hastig
hastily; hurried 4 times
hastig
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.'
hier
here 11 times
hier
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).
hinaus
out; beyond; outside 5 times
hinaus
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.
hinten
behind; in the back; the back 5 times
hinten
hinter
behind; Behind 19 times
hinter, Hinter
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
hundert
a hundred; hundred 4 times
hundert
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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