fotnot

Swedish

Etymology

fot +‎ not, calque of German Fußnote, attested since 1902.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːtˌnuːt/

Noun

fotnot c

1. a footnote

   Boken gav ett akademiskt intryck eftersom den hade många fotnoter

   The book gave an academic impression as it had a lot of footnotes

Usage notes

A jocular plural is fotnötter, superficially fot (“foot”) + nötter (“nuts”), imitating the umlaut plural of words like fot (“foot”), rot (“root”), mus (“mouse”), gås (“goose”), and tand (“tooth”). Fotnötter is sometimes mistakenly assumed to be the standard form due to frequent use.

Declension

Declension of fotnot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fotnot	fotnots
	definite	fotnoten	fotnotens
plural	indefinite	fotnoter	fotnoters
	definite	fotnoterna	fotnoternas

Jocular:

Declension of fotnot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fotnot	fotnots
	definite	fotnoten	fotnotens
plural	indefinite	fotnötter	fotnötters
	definite	fotnötterna	fotnötternas

References

• fotnot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fotnot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fotnot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)