 | Englisch  | Deutsch | |
 | panoply [literary for sky] | 28 Dach {n} [fig.] [z. B. in Blätterdach, Himmelsdach] | |
| swain [lover] [literary] | 27 Verehrer {m} | |
| babe [literary] [baby] | 26 Baby {n} | |
| mead [literary] | 26 Wiesengrund {m} [veraltend] | |
| lit. memoir [literary report from the own life] | 26 Memoir {n} [literarischer Bericht aus dem eigenen Leben] | |
| wastrel [literary] [good-for-nothing] | 26 Taugenichts {m} | |
| hebetude [literary] [state of being dull or lethargic] | 25 Lethargie {f} [geh.] [Teilnahmslosigkeit, Trägheit] | |
| perfidy [literary] | 25 Tücke {f} [Hinterlist; auch: heimtückische Handlung] | |
| isle [literary, except in place names] | 24 Eiland {n} [geh.] | |
| lenity [literary] | 24 Nachsicht {f} | |
| myth. wight [literary] [supernatural being] | 24 Wichtelmann {m} | |
| brand [literary] [firebrand] | 22 Fackel {f} | |
| brine [chiefly literary] | 22 See {f} [Meer] | |
| doxy [archaic or literary] [a woman loved and courted by a man] | 22 Geliebte {f} | |
| hauteur [literary] | 22 Hochnäsigkeit {f} | |
| sapling [literary] [young and slender or inexperienced man] | 20 Jüngling {m} [geh. od. iron. pej.] [junger Mann] | |
| mead [literary] | 19 Flur {f} [veraltet] [Landschaft, Wiesen und Felder] | |
| pinion [literary] | 19 Fittich {m} [literarisch] | |
| vainglory [literary] | 19 Angeberei {f} | |
| bot. brake [archaic or literary] [undergrowth] | 18 Unterholz {n} | |
| lenity [literary] | 18 Milde {f} | |
| paramour [female] [literary] [beloved] | 18 Buhle {f} [geh.] [veraltet] [Geliebte, Mätresse] | |
| wayfarer [literary] | 17 Fußreisender {m} | |
| abode [formal or literary] | 16 Wohnstätte {f} [geh.] | |
| lachrymosity [literary] [tearfulness] | 16 Larmoyanz {f} [geh.] | |
| paean [literary] [also fig.] | 16 Hymne {f} [geh.] [auch fig.] | |
| pant [literary] [throb of a person's heart] | 16 Pochen {n} [des Herzens] | |
| rapine [literary] | 16 Raub {m} [Plünderung] | |
| law neol. Vorlass [literary, musical or artistic estate of a living person, already placed in a research library, scholarly archive or museum] | 16 Vorlass {m} | |
| anat. bibl. loins [chiefly literary] [the womb] | 15 Schoß {m} [geh.] [Leib einer Frau] [Mutterleib] | |
| crank [literary] | 14 Wortspiel {n} [bes. einem Wort eine andere Bedeutung geben] | |
| fugaciousness [of time, of youth, etc.] [literary] | 14 Vergänglichkeit {f} [der Zeit, der Jugend etc.] | |
| gloaming [literary] | 14 Zwielicht {n} | |
| array [literary] | 13 Schmuck {m} [geh.] [z. B. Blütenschmuck] | |
| bot. brake [archaic or literary] [thicket] | 13 Gestrüpp {n} | |
| lineament [of face] [literary] | 13 Zug {m} [Gesichtszug] | |
| naught [archaic] [literary] [ruin] | 13 Verderben {n} | |
| abode [literary] [residence, home] | 12 Wohnstatt {f} [geh.] [veraltet] [Wohnsitz, Domizil] | |
| nonpareil [literary] | 12 Unvergleichliches {n} | |
| zool. T | 12 | |
| damsel [archaic or literary] | 11 Demoiselle {f} [veraltet] | |
| firmament [literary] | 11 Firmament {n} [geh.] | |
| bibl. fornicator [literary] [sometimes hum.] | 11 Unzüchtiger {m} | |
| jouissance [literary] | 11 Vergnügen {n} [physisch oder gedanklich] | |
| thews [literary] | 11 Muskeln {pl} | |
| lit. mus. allusion [on historical events, literary texts or musical works] | 10 Allusion {f} [geh.] [Anspielung] | |
| bot. brake [archaic or literary] [thicket] | 10 Buschwerk {n} | |
| élan [literary] | 10 Energie {f} | |
| fay [literary] | 10 Elfe {f} | |
| inamorato [literary] | 10 Liebhaber {m} | |
