Common Vocabulary in Eckhart, Hadewijch, and Beatrijs*

Birth of Christ in the soul: Das gebeurt in ziele, geboren in de siele

Detachment: Abgeschiedenheit

Emptiness: Ledicheit

Godhead: Gotheit, godheit

Ground (sometimes, Abyss): Grunt, Grond

"Isness": Isicheit

Nakedness: Bloetheit

Naked nothing: bloete nietheit

Oneness, unity: Enigheit, Enicheit

Something and Nothing: Icht und niet, iet en niet

Spark: Vonke, oorspronc van binnen (spark from within)

Wilderness, desert: Woustine

Without a why: Zonder warom, Sonder waeromme

* Dual words indicate the slight differences between Eckhart's German and Beguines' Dutch/Flemish