ABSTRACT
Tilgivelse and Forladelse are derivatives of the verbs tilgive and forlade. The Danish verb tilgive corresponds to the English “forgive” and German vergeben.1 Middle Danish also had the form forgive, which in modern Danish, however, is not used in the same sense as tilgive.2 The verb forlade can be used as a synonym to tilgive.3 It corresponds to the German verlassen (einem etwas verlassen) and the obsolete English verb forlet (Middle English forleten). Forladelse has a far more liturgical resonance than Tilgivelse, which has a much broader usage. Kierkegaard uses Tilgivelse approximately twice as often as Forladelse.4
