Fußnote
[ˈfuːsˌnoːtə]
The verdict
“Fußnote” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bemerkung, Anmerkung, die aus dem fließenden Text an das Ende einer Seite ausgelagert wird und deren Bezugspunkt im Fließtext mittels einer hochgestellten Ziffer kenntlich gemacht wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fußnote |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfuːsˌnoːtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fußnote” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Fußnote is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfuːsˌnoːtə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bemerkung, Anmerkung, die aus dem fließenden Text an das Ende einer Seite ausgelagert wird und deren Bezugspunkt im Fließtext mittels einer hochgestellten Ziffer kenntlich gemacht wird".
Fußnote has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fußnote, spelled F-U-S-S-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Bemerkung, Anmerkung, die aus dem fließenden Text an das Ende einer Seite ausgelagert wird und deren Bezugspunkt im Fließtext mittels einer hochgestellten Ziffer kenntlich gemacht wird
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Fußnote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-S-S-N-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfuːsˌnoːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.