Zettelkasten en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zettelkasten (literally “a slip box”).
Meanings
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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.
1971, Hans-Bernhard Moeller, “Perception, Word-Play, and the Printed Page: Arno Schmidt and His Poe Novel”, in Books Abroad, volume 45, number 1, page 29:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zettelkastens | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| zettelkasten | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
personal knowledge base · atomic note · personal knowledge management · digital garden · fleeting note · second brain