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Zettelkasten^¹

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Borrowed from German Zettelkasten (literally “a slip box”).

noun Zettelkastens · zettelkasten

A system of small items of information stored on paper slips or cards, used for organizing knowledge and taking notes. "Zettel" is German for an index card, and a "Zettelkasten" is a writer's index card file. Schmidt prepared for Zettels Traum with a collection of more than 100,000 index cards in his legendary card file.
Similar: card file, slip box

zettelkasten^²

noun zettelkastens

Alternative letter-case form of Zettelkasten

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@misc{zettelkasten_2026,
  title = {zettelkasten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zettelkasten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}