# kursiv

kursiv is a German adjective meaning “italic”.

## In other languages

- Русский: курсивный

## Meanings

1. _of printed writing_ italic (having inclined letters)
2. _rare · of handwriting_ cursive (having joined letters)

## Examples

- 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.
- Warum sind einige der Wörter in dem Text kursiv gedruckt? — Why are some of the words in the text italicized?

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