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Words of New Poems · 56 headwords
Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.
ich
I; me; my 109 times
ich, Ich, mir, mich, ichs
pronoun, nominative, singular; pronoun, dative, singular; pronoun, accusative, singular
'ichs' is a colloquial contraction of 'ich es' (I it).
Ich bin bei dir
I am with you once
Ichbinbeidir
Rilke runs 'Ich bin bei dir' (I am with you) together as one unbroken word, mirroring the translation's 'Iamwithyou.'
ihm
him; to him; for him 42 times
ihm, Ihm
pronoun, dative, masculine, singular; pronoun, dative, singular
ihn
him; it; Him 36 times
ihn, Ihn
ihn dürstet is an archaic impersonal construction: literally "it thirsts him," meaning "he thirsts."
ihnen
them; to them; for them 15 times
ihnen
Dative of interest/possession: 'verleidet ihnen' = 'spoils for them' = 'spoils their'.
ihr
her; their; its 185 times
ihr, ihren, ihrer, ihrem, ihre, ihres, Ihr, Ihre and 1 more
determiner, accusative, neuter, singular; determiner, dative, neuter, singular; determiner, dative, masculine, singular
'das Ihre' is a fixed idiom meaning 'what is theirs / their own share'.
ihrethalben
for her sake once
ihrethalben
A fixed genitive-postposition adverb, formed from ihret- + -halben ('for her sake').
immer
ever; always; again 48 times
immer, Immer
Idiom 'noch immer' = 'still.'
in
in; into; in the 499 times
in, im, ins, In, Im, Ins
preposition; preposition, contraction of in + dem; preposition (contraction of 'in dem')
ins = in + das (contraction).
inne
aware; pause twice
inne:–, inne
adverb; separable verb particle (of innehalten)
Idiom "jemandes inne werden" = to become aware of someone (takes a genitive object).
innehalten
pause; paused twice
halten, hielt
verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular (separable verb, split from inne)
Separable verb 'innehalten' (to pause) splits into hielt … inne.
innen
within; inwardly 4 times
innen
Innere
interior; inner self; innerness 9 times
Innern, Inneres, Innres, Innere
noun, dative, neuter, singular; noun (substantivized adjective), nominative, neuter, singular; noun, accusative, neuter, singular
Poetic elision of 'Inneres' (the inward, the inner self).
Insel
island; islands 4 times
Insel, Inseln
noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, plural; noun, dative, feminine, plural
irgend
some; at all; ever 4 times
irgend
irgendein
some; of some 4 times
irgendeinem, Irgendein, irgendein, irgendeines
determiner, dative, masculine, singular; determiner, nominative, masculine, singular; determiner, accusative, neuter, singular
irgendeiner
just any one; someone else; one of them 5 times
irgendeines, irgendeine, irgendeinem, irgendeines,–
pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular; pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular; pronoun, dative, masculine, singular
irgendwie
somehow 3 times
irgendwie
irgendwo
somewhere; Somewhere 3 times
irgendwo, Irgendwo
irren
are mistaken; wanders 3 times
irrt, irrst, irren
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural
Seen once or twice
ideal
more ideal once
ihresgleichen
her own kind once
Imaginäre
imaginary once
Immer-Hingehn
ever-passing-on once
immerfort
forever twice
immersüß
ever-sweet once
indem
even as once
Inder
Indian once
indes
while once
ineinander
into each other once
ineinanderlegen
lay into one another once
Initial
initial once
inmitten
in the midst of once
Innen
within once
Innenraum
inner space once
Innenseite
inner side once
Innenwand
inner walls once
innere
within once
innerer
inner once
Inneres
inwardness twice
innerlich
inwardly once
innig
dear once
Insekt
insect once
Inselmeer
sea of islands once
inständig
urgently once
Instrument
instrument once
irgendwann
ever once
irgendwas
some once
irgendwelcher
some or other; some kind of twice
irgendwer
just anyone once
irgendwohin
off somewhere twice
irre
mad; bewildered twice
Irrer
madman twice
IV
IV 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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