Meanings

  1. of printed writingitalic (having inclined letters)

  2. rare · of handwritingcursive (having joined letters)

Examples

GermanEnglish
In Fußnoten sind Buchtitel und Zeitschriftennamen kursiv geschrieben.In footnotes, book titles and journal names are written in italics.
Der Buchtitel muß kursiv sein.The title of the book should be italicized.
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Warum sind einige der Wörter in dem Text kursiv gedruckt?Why are some of the words in the text italicized?