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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