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Lotte markiert mit rotem Stift die Stelle, an der die Quellenangabe fehlt. With a red pen, Lotte marks the spot where the source reference is missing.

noun · C1

die Quellenangabe

[ˈkvɛlənˌʔanɡaːbə]

source reference, citation

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Grammar

Plural
die Quellenangaben 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 Quellenangabe die Quellenangaben
Eine Quellenangabe in der Fußnote hätte genügt, und dem Studenten wäre der ganze Ärger erspart geblieben. A source reference in a footnote would have been enough, and the student would have been spared all the trouble.
Accusative wen? was? die Quellenangabe die Quellenangaben
Dative wem? der Quellenangabe den Quellenangaben
Genitive wessen? der Quellenangabe der Quellenangaben

How the Word Is Built

Quelle root n linking letter an prefix gabe root

an-
to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.

A compound: Quellean + die Gabe

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

die Quelledie Angabeangeben

In Otti's situations: Lotte and academic honesty

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