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Words of New Poems · 121 headwords

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

machen

makes; made; brewed 16 times

macht, gemacht, machte, machen, machten

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

Mal

time; times; stroke 9 times

Male, Mal

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

Idiom 'mit einem Male' = 'all at once, suddenly.'

man

one; they; One 55 times

man, Man

Impersonal 'man' ('one'); the translation renders this active clause as an English passive ('was...hidden').

mancher

many a; some; a good deal 5 times

manches, manche

determiner, accusative, neuter, singular; pronoun, nominative, plural; pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular

Mann

man; men; Man 8 times

Mann, Männer, Mannes, Manns

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

idiom 'Manns genug' = 'man enough.'

Mantel

cloak; cloak's; coat 6 times

Mantel, Mantels

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

Maske

mask; masks 4 times

Maske, Masken

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

Masse

mass; masses; profusion 5 times

Masse, Massen

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

Maß

measure; measures 4 times

Maße, Maßen, Maß

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

Mädchen

girl; girls; girl's 8 times

Mädchen, Mädchens

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

Mädchentum

maidenhood; girlhood 3 times

Mädchentum

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

Meer

sea 9 times

Meer, Meeres

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

mehr

longer; more; anymore 69 times

mehr

adverb; adverb, comparative; determiner, comparative

'je mehr' = 'the more,' a correlative comparative.

mein

my; mine; own 50 times

mein, meine, meinem, meinen, meiner, Meine, meines, Meinen and 1 more

determiner, nominative, neuter, singular; determiner, dative, masculine, singular; determiner, accusative, feminine, singular

meinen

thought; think; meant 12 times

meinen, meinten, gemeint, meint, Meinst, meinst

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

Literally 'to think/believe'; rendered as 'imagine' here.

meinetwillen

my sake once

meinetwillen

'um meinetwillen' = 'for my sake', a fixed archaic genitive idiom.

Melone

melons once

Melonen

'vor dem Gegähne der Melonen' = 'before the gaping of the melons' (the melons split open like yawning mouths at the market stall); the genitive 'der Melonen' attaches to 'Gegähne' in the previous line, not to 'Brote' two words later. The translation keeps melons and loaves as two separate items ('of the melons the loaves stretch themselves out'), so 'melon-shaped loaves' is an invented reading not supported by the text.

Mensch

mankind's; men; people 5 times

Menschen, Mensch

noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

mich

me; myself; of me 18 times

mich, Mich

pronoun, accusative, singular; pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive

archaic: 'denken' + accusative = 'think of', instead of standard 'denken an + accusative'.

mit

with; along; to 173 times

mit, Mit

preposition; particle, separable verb prefix

Stranded separable prefix: 'mit...hinaufheben' means to lift up along with itself, not 'mit' as a preposition.

Mitte

center; Center; centers 6 times

Mitte, Mitten

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

Mißtrauen

mistrust once

Mißtraun

poetic apocope of Mißtrauen, dropping the final -en for the meter.

Mond

moon; moons 6 times

Mond, Monde

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

Monseigneur

Monseigneur once

Monseigneur

French title of address for a prince, kept untranslated as it names a courtly figure at Versailles.

Morgen

morning; mornings 7 times

Morgen

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

morgen

tomorrow; Tomorrow 4 times

morgen, Morgen

Quoted as the name of the word itself ('is called tomorrow'), not a literal time adverb.

mögen

would like; may; would 5 times

möcht, mögen, mag

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

Colloquial elision of 'möchte' (would like), the Konjunktiv II form of 'mögen' used as a polite modal.

Mund

mouth; mouths; mouth's 36 times

Mund, Munde, Mundes, Munden, Munde–.

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

Archaic dative plural of Mund (modern: Mündern).

Mutter

mother; mothers'; mothers 5 times

Mutter, Mütter

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

müde

weary; worn out; tired 10 times

müde, müd

adjective; adjective, uninflected, predicate; adjective, predicate

müssen

must; had to; would have to 18 times

muß, müßte, müssen, mußte, mußt

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

Seen once or twice

Macht

might; power twice

Madonna

Madonna once

Maggiore

Maggiore once

mahlen

ground once

mahnen

admonishes once

Majoran

marjoram once

Malachit

malachite once

Maler

painter twice

Malergilde

painters' guild once

manchesmal

many a time; now and then twice

Mandel

almond once

Mantelkragen

coat collar once

Maria

Mary once

Marionette

marionettes once

Markt

marketplace once

Marmor

marble's once

Marmorrand

rim of marble; marble rims twice

Maskenmund

masked mouth once

Matrone

matron twice

Matrose

sailors once

Matte

mat once

Mauer

walls; wall twice

Maul

muzzle; maw twice

mauve

mauve once

maßlos

immense once

Mädchenhand

girl's hand once

Mädchenjahr

girlhood years once

Mädchenlächeln

girlish smile once

mäßig

middling once

Medaillon

locket once

Meeresküste

coast once

Meerwind

sea-wind once

mehren

multiplied once

meiden

shunned; shunning twice

Meinung

opinion once

Melisse

lemon balm once

Menge

crowd's once

menschlich

human once

Menschliches

humankind once

Menschlichkeit

humanity once

merken

notices; notice twice

Meroë

Meroë once

messend

measuring once

Metall

metal once

Miene

faces; countenance twice

mild

mild; gentler twice

milde

gently once

mildern

grow softer; soften twice

Million

millions once

mindestens

at the least once

mischen

mixes; blend twice

Mischung

mixture once

Mist

filth once

miteinander

with each other once

Mitgefühl

fellow-feeling once

mitgefühlt

keenly felt once

mitheben

borne aloft once

mitreißen

swept along once

Mittag

noon once

mittragen

carry along once

mißtrauisch

mistrustful once

Mohngefäß

poppy-vessel once

Moment

moment once

Monat

months twice

Mondschein

moonlight once

Moosbehang

hanging moss once

Morgengrauen

dawn once

Morgenluft

morning air once

Morgenschatten

morning shadow once

Morgenwind

morning wind once

Möbel

furniture once

Möglichkeit

possibilities; potentials twice

Mulde

hollow once

Muschel

shell twice

Muster

pattern once

Mut

courage twice

Mücke

midges once

müd

weary; wearily twice

Mühle

mill once

Mühsal

toil twice

münden

emptied once

mündig

more grown once

Mündung

outflow's once

mürrisch

sullen once

Mythos

myths once

Mytilene

Mytilene 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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