Caption

"Caption" in German

Beschriftung

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Bildtext

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Bildtext

(piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)

Bildunterschrift

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Bildüberschrift

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Einleitungsformel

(descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)

Filmuntertitel

(piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)

Kopf

(descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)

Legende

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Rubrum

(section of an official paper)

Titel

(descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)

Titel

(title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

Untertitel

(piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)

Zwischenüberschrift

(descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)

Überschrift

(descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)

betiteln

(to add captions to a text or illustration)

titeln

(to add captions to a text or illustration)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.