footnote

ˈfʊtˌnoʊt
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Translation of footnote into German,

Noun

1.

text note

note at page bottom providing extra information
  • The book includes a footnote explaining the term.Das Buch enthält eine Fußnote, die den Begriff erklärt.
2.

minor event

event or detail of lesser importance
Fußnote fRandnotiz f
  • The incident was just a footnote in history.Der Vorfall war nur eine Randnotiz in der Geschichte.

Verb

tr.

text editing

add footnotes to a text
kommentieren mit Fußnoten versehen
  • The editor decided to footnote the entire chapter.Der Redakteur entschied sich, das gesamte Kapitel mit Fußnoten zu versehen.
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Expressions with footnote: examples in English and translations in German

Randnotiz der Geschichte
In the war story, he became only a footnote in history.
Nebensächlichkeit in einer Geschichte
unbedeutendes Detail in einer Geschichte
The scandal was just a footnote to a story of his political career.

Synonyms and analogies of footnote in English

Examples of footnote in a sentence

  • Readers appreciated the detailed footnote on page 12.
  • The discovery became a mere footnote in the report.
  • His contribution was a footnote in the project's success.
  • She will footnote the references in the article.
  • He had to footnote several pages for clarity.

Translations of "footnote" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
dieFußnotenf.

Their achievements were unfortunately relegated to a footnote in the ceremony.

Ihre Errungenschaften wurden leider in der Zeremonie auf eine Fußnote reduziert.

dieAnmerkungnf.

There's a little footnote I need to give you here, very important.

Ich muss hier eine kurze Anmerkung für euch machen, die sehr wichtig ist.

dieRandnotiznf.

After the scandal, his once-prominent role was relegated to a mere footnote in history.

Nach dem Skandal war seine einst prominente Rolle nur noch eine Randnotiz in der Geschichte.

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footnote: Examples and translations in context

The exact wording of the footnote is of little moment to our argument.

Die genaue Formulierung der Fußnote ist für unser Argument von geringer Bedeutung.

It was decided to include the additional text as a footnote.

Es wird beschlossen, den neuen Text als Fußnote aufzunehmen.

It was decided that the sentence would be inserted as a footnote.

Es wird beschlossen, den Satz in die Fußnote aufzunehmen.

The following example adds a footnote immediately after the selection.

Im folgenden Beispiel wird unmittelbar nach der Auswahl eine Fußnote eingefügt.

This footnote contains an important qualification relating to public security concerns.

Diese Fußnote enthält eine wichtige Beschränkung, die der öffentlichen Sicherheit dient.

A footnote marks the three songs as also suitable for funerals.

Eine Fußnote erklärt alle drei Gesänge als ebenfalls geeignet für Begräbnisse.

I add one footnote, but an important point of principle.

Ich möchte dazu eine kleine, aber wichtige grundsätzliche Anmerkung machen.

I'm going to put one extra little footnote in here,

ich werde eine zusätzliche kleine Anmerkung hier einfügen,

See also:

footnote in history
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