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Definition 2024
fotnot
fotnot
Swedish
Noun
fotnot c
- A footnote.
- Boken gav ett akademiskt intryck eftersom den hade många fotnoter.
- "The book gave an academic impression because it had a lot of footnotes."
Declension
| Inflection of fotnot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fotnot | fotnoten | fotnoter | fotnoterna |
| Genitive | fotnots | fotnotens | fotnoters | fotnoternas |
Usage notes
Colloquially, the plural form fotnötter can also be used. The inflection then follows the same pattern as nöt, "nut". This pattern is based on an ironic usage of an umlaut similar to those in the plural forms of Swedish nouns such as mus, "mouse", gås, "goose", and tand, "tooth".