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Lotte zeigt dem Studenten auf dem Bildschirm, wie eine korrekte Fußnote aussieht. On the screen, Lotte shows the student what a correct footnote looks like.

noun · C1

die Fußnote

[ˈfuːsˌnoːtə]

footnote

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  • Ich lese Fußnoten oft mit mehr Vergnügen als den Haupttext, weil darin die spannenden Details stecken.

    I often read footnotes with more pleasure than the main text, because that's where the exciting details are.

  • Wenn du ein Zitat verwendest, gehört die Quelle in eine Fußnote, nicht bloß ins Literaturverzeichnis.

    If you use a quotation, the source goes in a footnote, not just in the bibliography.

  • Frau Hilde schmunzelt: In ihren Briefen gebe es mehr Fußnoten als in mancher Doktorarbeit.

    Frau Hilde smiles: her letters, she says, have more footnotes than many a doctoral thesis.

Grammar

Plural
die Fußnoten In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Fußnote die Fußnoten
Accusative wen? was? die Fußnote die Fußnoten
Dative wem? der Fußnote den Fußnoten
Genitive wessen? der Fußnote der Fußnoten

How the Word Is Built

Fuß root note root

A compound: der Fuß + die Note

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

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