noun
signature
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Means 'signature' — a person’s written name to validate a document. Feminine noun: die Unterschrift; plural Unterschriften. Common collocations: 'die Unterschrift leisten' or 'Unterschrift unter einen Vertrag'. Declension includes dative singular 'der Unterschrift' and plural 'den Unterschriften'. Used in legal and everyday contexts.
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Bitte leisten Sie hier Ihre Unterschrift.
Please sign here.
Der Vertrag wurde nicht gültig, weil die Unterschrift des Antragstellers fehlte.
The contract did not become valid because the applicant's signature was missing.
Bitte setzen Sie hier Ihre Unterschrift.
Please put your signature here.
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Picture signing at the bottom of a form, the signature sitting under the text.
Sounds like 'under-script' — imagine writing a script under a document.
die — think of 'die' as the little stamp you put next to a woman's signature (feminine anchor).
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Common in formal correspondence and legal forms. Not to be confused with 'Autogramm' (autograph).