ABSTRACT
From the Middle Low German inwordes, inwerdes/utwordes, utwerdes and the Old Danish indwort(h)es, indwærtes/udvortes, udværtes, the modern Danish words literally mean “that which turns towards the inside/outside” or “inward/outward.” In their lexical meaning, they refer to what is to be found on or belongs to the inner/ outer part of something (especially the body). Analogically, indvortes may refer to the life of the soul, udvortes to appearance, also to sham and seeming.1 In some instances, Kierkegaard employs the “simpler” terms Indre/Ydre and indre/ydre (inner/outer, noun and adjective respectively).
