Kapitelüberschrift

chapter heading

noun ka-PI-tel-ue-ber-shrift Rare

Usage Note

Kapitelüberschrift is the title or heading given to a chapter in a book. Writers choose them carefully for tone or irony; they are analysed in literary studies as part of a text's structure.

Examples

"Die Kapitelüberschriften des Buches waren bewusst rätselhaft gehalten."

Natural Translation

The chapter headings of the book were deliberately kept cryptic.

Literal Translation

The chapter-headings of the book were consciously enigmatic kept.

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