footnote

Fußnote

Eine kurze Anmerkung unten auf einer Seite, die etwas erklärt oder eine Quelle nennt.

In einfachem Englisch: A short note at the bottom of a page that explains something or gives its source.

• Read the footnote below.
• The author explained the date in a footnote.
• These footnotes list the sources used in the chapter.

Synonyme: note

Häufige Wendungen: numbered footnote, footnote reference, read a footnote

Randnotiz, Fußnote

Ein kleines Ereignis oder Detail, das innerhalb eines größeren Geschehens weniger wichtig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A small event or detail that is less important than the larger story it belongs to.

• The scandal became a historical footnote.
• Her early failure was just a footnote to her later success.
• Will this election become a footnote in history?

So benutzt man es: a footnote to something (The dispute became a footnote to the larger political crisis.); a footnote in something (His brief career is now a footnote in sporting history.)

Synonyme: minor detail

Häufige Wendungen: historical footnote, mere footnote, footnote to history