Polyglot Dictionary

Unterschrift

/ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Unterschriften

Meaning

  1. signature

    • Hier fehlt deine Unterschrift.

      Your signature is missing here.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

signatur

Signatur is more technical, like a digital signature or a distinctive style; Unterschrift is the everyday handwritten signature.

Handschrift

Same Schrift ending, narrower meaning: an Unterschrift (unter "under" + Schrift) is specifically a signature, written under a document — not handwriting in general.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

firma

firma is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "signature."

French

signature

signature is the French word for the same thing — both mean "signature."

Practice

1 What does Unterschrift mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hier fehlt deine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Unterschrift?

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