diff --git a/src/components/TableGrid.vue b/src/components/TableGrid.vue
index 3ba4d04..7d366d3 100644
--- a/src/components/TableGrid.vue
+++ b/src/components/TableGrid.vue
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ const inSelection = (c: number, r: number) =>
 const colHot = (c: number) => selRects.value.some((k) => c >= k.c0 && c <= k.c1);
 const rowHot = (r: number) => selRects.value.some((k) => r >= k.r0 && r <= k.r1);
 
+// ---- clipboard source marker (dashed outline, Excel-style "marching ants") --
+const clipRect = computed(() => store.clipboardRect.value);
+const inClipSource = (c: number, r: number) => {
+  const k = clipRect.value;
+  return !!k && k.tableId === props.tableId && c >= k.c0 && c <= k.c1 && r >= k.r0 && r <= k.r1;
+};
+
 const clampC = (c: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min((table.value?.cols ?? 1) - 1, c));
 const clampR = (r: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min((table.value?.rows ?? 1) - 1, r));
 const focusRoot = () => nextTick(() => root.value?.focus());
@@ -478,6 +485,25 @@ function onKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
   const ext = e.shiftKey;
   const mod = e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey;
 
+  if (mod) {
+    const k = e.key.toLowerCase();
+    if (k === 'c') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      return store.copySelection();
+    }
+    if (k === 'x') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      return store.cutSelection();
+    }
+    if (k === 'v') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      return store.pasteClipboard();
+    }
+  }
+
   switch (e.key) {
     case 'ArrowUp':
       e.preventDefault();
@@ -534,6 +560,7 @@ function onKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
       return store.clearSelectionCells();
     case 'Escape':
       clearFlow();
+      store.cancelClipboard();
       return;
     default:
       if (e.key.length === 1 && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && !e.altKey) {
@@ -552,13 +579,21 @@ function onContextMenu(e: MouseEvent) {
   if (hit && !inSelection(hit.c, hit.r)) select(hit.c, hit.r);
   menu.value = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY, open: true };
 }
-const menuItems = computed(() => [
-  { label: 'Zeile hinzufügen', action: () => store.addRows(props.tableId) },
-  { label: 'Spalte hinzufügen', action: () => store.addColumns(props.tableId) },
-  { label: 'Letzte Zeile entfernen', action: () => store.removeLastRow(props.tableId) },
-  { label: 'Letzte Spalte entfernen', action: () => store.removeLastColumn(props.tableId) },
-  { label: 'Auswahl leeren', action: () => store.clearSelectionCells() },
-]);
+const menuItems = computed(() => {
+  const items = [
+    { label: 'Kopieren', action: () => store.copySelection() },
+    { label: 'Ausschneiden', action: () => store.cutSelection() },
+  ];
+  if (store.hasClipboard.value) items.push({ label: 'Einfügen', action: () => store.pasteClipboard() });
+  items.push(
+    { label: 'Zeile hinzufügen', action: () => store.addRows(props.tableId) },
+    { label: 'Spalte hinzufügen', action: () => store.addColumns(props.tableId) },
+    { label: 'Letzte Zeile entfernen', action: () => store.removeLastRow(props.tableId) },
+    { label: 'Letzte Spalte entfernen', action: () => store.removeLastColumn(props.tableId) },
+    { label: 'Auswahl leeren', action: () => store.clearSelectionCells() },
+  );
+  return items;
+});
 
 // ---- column resize --------------------------------------
 let resize: { col: number; startX: number; startW: number } | null = null;
@@ -674,6 +709,7 @@ defineExpose({
               :class="{
                 'is-active': isActive(c - 1, r - 1),
                 'in-range': inSelection(c - 1, r - 1),
+                'clip-src': inClipSource(c - 1, r - 1),
                 numeric: store.cellIsNumeric(tableId, c - 1, r - 1),
                 error: store.cellIsError(tableId, c - 1, r - 1),
                 frozen: (c - 1 < frozenCols) || (r - 1 < frozenRows),
@@ -824,6 +860,22 @@ defineExpose({
 .cell.is-active {
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--accent);
 }
+.cell.clip-src {
+  outline: 1px dashed var(--accent);
+  outline-offset: -1px;
+  animation: clip-src-march 0.6s linear infinite;
+}
+@keyframes clip-src-march {
+  from {
+    outline-offset: -1px;
+  }
+  50% {
+    outline-offset: -2px;
+  }
+  to {
+    outline-offset: -1px;
+  }
+}
 .handle {
   position: absolute;
   right: -3px;
diff --git a/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts b/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
index 02e8fb3..bfdf98c 100644
--- a/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
+++ b/src/store/__tests__/document.spec.ts
@@ -461,6 +461,109 @@ describe('multi-cell (discontiguous) selection', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('clipboard: copy / cut / paste', () => {
+  it('copy adjusts every relative reference by the paste delta', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    const name = s.tableById(id)!.name;
+    setCell(s, name, 'A1', '5');
+    setCell(s, name, 'A2', '=A1*2');
+    setCell(s, name, 'C4', '9'); // the shifted formula's new precedent
+
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('A2'), focus: coords('A2') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('C5'), focus: coords('C5') });
+    s.pasteClipboard();
+
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('C5').col, coords('C5').row)).toBe('=C4*2');
+    expect(val(s, name, 'C5')).toBe(18);
+  });
+
+  it('copy fills a larger, exact-multiple selection (tiled paste)', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    setCell(s, s.tableById(id)!.name, 'A1', '1');
+    setCell(s, s.tableById(id)!.name, 'A2', '2');
+    const name = s.tableById(id)!.name;
+
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('A1'), focus: coords('A2') }); // 1x2 block
+    s.copySelection();
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B1'), focus: coords('B4') }); // 1x4 -> tiles twice
+    s.pasteClipboard();
+
+    expect(val(s, name, 'B1')).toBe(1);
+    expect(val(s, name, 'B2')).toBe(2);
+    expect(val(s, name, 'B3')).toBe(1);
+    expect(val(s, name, 'B4')).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('pasting a single copied cell into a range fills every cell, each adjusted', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    const name = s.tableById(id)!.name;
+    setCell(s, name, 'A1', '10');
+    setCell(s, name, 'B1', '=A1');
+
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B1'), focus: coords('B1') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B2'), focus: coords('B4') });
+    s.pasteClipboard();
+
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('B2').col, coords('B2').row)).toBe('=A2');
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('B3').col, coords('B3').row)).toBe('=A3');
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('B4').col, coords('B4').row)).toBe('=A4');
+  });
+
+  it('cut only follows references that moved with the cut block; outside refs stay put', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    const name = s.tableById(id)!.name;
+    setCell(s, name, 'A1', '5'); // stays put -- not part of the cut
+    setCell(s, name, 'B1', '10'); // part of the cut block (B1:B2)
+    setCell(s, name, 'B2', '=B1+A1'); // one ref moves (B1), one doesn't (A1)
+
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('B1'), focus: coords('B2') });
+    s.cutSelection();
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('D1'), focus: coords('D1') });
+    s.pasteClipboard();
+
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('D2').col, coords('D2').row)).toBe('=D1+A1');
+    expect(val(s, name, 'D1')).toBe(10);
+    expect(val(s, name, 'D2')).toBe(15);
+    // the source cells were cleared
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('B1').col, coords('B1').row)).toBe('');
+    expect(s.cellInput(id, coords('B2').col, coords('B2').row)).toBe('');
+    // the untouched cell A1 is exactly that -- untouched
+    expect(val(s, name, 'A1')).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it('copies cell formatting along with the value, overwriting the destination', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    setCell(s, s.tableById(id)!.name, 'A1', 'x');
+    s.setRangeFormat(id, coords('A1'), coords('A1'), { bold: true, align: 'right' });
+    s.setRangeFormat(id, coords('C1'), coords('C1'), { italic: true });
+
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('A1'), focus: coords('A1') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('C1'), focus: coords('C1') });
+    s.pasteClipboard();
+
+    expect(s.cellFormat(id, coords('C1').col, coords('C1').row)).toEqual({ bold: true, align: 'right' });
+  });
+
+  it('Escape drops the buffer without pasting', () => {
+    const s = fresh();
+    const id = s.addTable(s.doc.activeSheetId);
+    setCell(s, s.tableById(id)!.name, 'A1', '1');
+    s.setSelection({ tableId: id, anchor: coords('A1'), focus: coords('A1') });
+    s.copySelection();
+    expect(s.hasClipboard.value).toBe(true);
+    s.cancelClipboard();
+    expect(s.hasClipboard.value).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('text box objects', () => {
   it('insert / edit / format / round-trip a text object', () => {
     const s = fresh();
diff --git a/src/store/document.ts b/src/store/document.ts
index 25247e9..a5366cd 100644
--- a/src/store/document.ts
+++ b/src/store/document.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,17 @@
  */
 
 import { computed, reactive, ref, watch } from 'vue';
-import { Workbook, toA1, isError, type CellValue, type TableModel } from '../engine';
+import {
+  Workbook,
+  toA1,
+  isError,
+  tokenize,
+  looksLikeCell,
+  parseA1,
+  type CellValue,
+  type TableModel,
+  type Token,
+} from '../engine';
 import {
   formatValue,
   isNumeric,
@@ -66,6 +76,74 @@ function toTableModels(doc: DocumentState): TableModel[] {
   }));
 }
 
+/** A normalised rectangle (corners in either order) used by selection + clipboard. */
+type Rect = { c0: number; c1: number; r0: number; r1: number };
+
+/** One cell of a copy/cut buffer, relative to the buffer's top-left corner. */
+interface ClipboardCell {
+  raw: string;
+  format?: CellFormat;
+}
+interface ClipboardData {
+  tableId: string;
+  rect: Rect;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  /** "dc,dr" (offset from the buffer's top-left) -> cell. Empty/unformatted cells are absent. */
+  cells: Map<string, ClipboardCell>;
+  /** cut (Strg+X) vs. copy (Strg+C) -- a cut buffer is consumed by its first paste. */
+  cut: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite every cell reference in a formula by (dCol, dRow) -- the same
+ * relative-reference adjustment Excel/Numbers apply on copy.
+ *
+ * `restrict`, when given (a cut/move), narrows this to *only* references that
+ * point inside that rectangle -- i.e. cells that moved along with the formula.
+ * A cut otherwise leaves references untouched, since the cells they point at
+ * did not move (and a qualified `Table!A1` reference is never "inside" a
+ * local rectangle, so it is always left alone during a cut).
+ *
+ * The formula engine has no absolute (`$A$1`) references, so every local
+ * reference is relative and eligible for this adjustment.
+ */
+function shiftFormula(raw: string, dCol: number, dRow: number, restrict?: Rect): string {
+  if (!raw.startsWith('=') || (dCol === 0 && dRow === 0)) return raw;
+  const body = raw.slice(1);
+  let toks: Token[];
+  try {
+    toks = tokenize(body);
+  } catch {
+    return raw; // unparsable -- leave as-is, the evaluator will surface #ERR
+  }
+  let out = '';
+  let last = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < toks.length; i++) {
+    const tok = toks[i];
+    if (tok.type !== 'IDENT' || !looksLikeCell(tok.value)) continue;
+    const next = toks[i + 1];
+    if (next && (next.type === 'BANG' || next.type === 'DBLCOLON')) continue; // a table-name qualifier, not a cell
+    const prev = toks[i - 1];
+    const qualified = !!prev && (prev.type === 'BANG' || prev.type === 'DBLCOLON');
+    if (restrict && qualified) continue; // cut: a reference into another table never moved
+    const { col, row } = parseA1(tok.value);
+    if (
+      restrict &&
+      !qualified &&
+      !(col >= restrict.c0 && col <= restrict.c1 && row >= restrict.r0 && row <= restrict.r1)
+    ) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const nc = Math.max(0, col + dCol);
+    const nr = Math.max(0, row + dRow);
+    out += body.slice(last, tok.pos) + toA1(nc, nr);
+    last = tok.pos + tok.value.length;
+  }
+  out += body.slice(last);
+  return '=' + out;
+}
+
 function loadInitial(): DocumentState {
   try {
     const raw = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
@@ -90,6 +168,8 @@ function createStore() {
 
   /** View-only state: not part of the document, not persisted. */
   const ui = reactive({ settingsOpen: false });
+  /** Copy/cut buffer -- not part of the persisted document. */
+  const clipboard = ref<ClipboardData | null>(null);
   const clampZoom = (z: number) => Math.min(2, Math.max(0.4, Math.round(z * 20) / 20));
 
   function syncWorkbook() {
@@ -710,7 +790,6 @@ function createStore() {
   }
 
   // ---- selection --------------------------------------
-  type Rect = { c0: number; c1: number; r0: number; r1: number };
   function rect(a: CellCoord, b: CellCoord): Rect {
     return {
       c0: Math.min(a.col, b.col),
@@ -800,6 +879,120 @@ function createStore() {
     setSelection({ tableId, anchor: a, focus: b, ranges });
   }
 
+  // ---- clipboard (copy / cut / paste) --------------------------
+  /** True while a copy/cut buffer is held (enables "Einfügen" in menus). */
+  const hasClipboard = computed(() => clipboard.value !== null);
+  /** Source rectangle of the current buffer -- drives the dashed source marker. */
+  const clipboardRect = computed(() => {
+    const cb = clipboard.value;
+    return cb ? { tableId: cb.tableId, ...cb.rect, cut: cb.cut } : null;
+  });
+
+  function copyOrCut(cut: boolean) {
+    const s = doc.selection;
+    const t = s ? tableById(s.tableId) : undefined;
+    if (!s || !t) return;
+    const r = rect(s.anchor, s.focus);
+    const cells = new Map<string, ClipboardCell>();
+    for (let row = r.r0; row <= r.r1; row++) {
+      for (let col = r.c0; col <= r.c1; col++) {
+        const raw = cellInput(s.tableId, col, row);
+        const format = t.formats?.[fmtKey(col, row)];
+        if (raw || format) {
+          cells.set(`${col - r.c0},${row - r.r0}`, { raw, format: format ? { ...format } : undefined });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    clipboard.value = {
+      tableId: s.tableId,
+      rect: r,
+      width: r.c1 - r.c0 + 1,
+      height: r.r1 - r.r0 + 1,
+      cells,
+      cut,
+    };
+  }
+  const copySelection = () => copyOrCut(false);
+  const cutSelection = () => copyOrCut(true);
+  /** Drop the buffer (Escape) without pasting. */
+  function cancelClipboard() {
+    clipboard.value = null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Paste the buffer at the current selection. A selection that is an exact,
+   * larger multiple of the buffer tiles it (Numbers/Excel "fill by paste");
+   * a smaller or single-cell selection anchors the buffer there and overflows
+   * past it, same as pasting a whole block onto one cell.
+   */
+  function pasteClipboard() {
+    const cb = clipboard.value;
+    const s = doc.selection;
+    if (!cb || !s || !tableById(s.tableId)) return;
+
+    const dest = rect(s.anchor, s.focus);
+    const destW = dest.c1 - dest.c0 + 1;
+    const destH = dest.r1 - dest.r0 + 1;
+    const tileX = destW > cb.width && destW % cb.width === 0 ? destW / cb.width : 1;
+    const tileY = destH > cb.height && destH % cb.height === 0 ? destH / cb.height : 1;
+
+    for (let ty = 0; ty < tileY; ty++) {
+      for (let tx = 0; tx < tileX; tx++) {
+        const baseC = dest.c0 + tx * cb.width;
+        const baseR = dest.r0 + ty * cb.height;
+        const dCol = baseC - cb.rect.c0;
+        const dRow = baseR - cb.rect.r0;
+        for (let dr = 0; dr < cb.height; dr++) {
+          for (let dc = 0; dc < cb.width; dc++) {
+            const c = baseC + dc;
+            const r = baseR + dr;
+            const cell = cb.cells.get(`${dc},${dr}`);
+            const raw = cell?.raw ?? '';
+            setCellInput(
+              s.tableId,
+              c,
+              r,
+              raw ? shiftFormula(raw, dCol, dRow, cb.cut ? cb.rect : undefined) : raw,
+            );
+            clearRangeFormat(s.tableId, { col: c, row: r }, { col: c, row: r });
+            if (cell?.format) {
+              setRangeFormat(
+                s.tableId,
+                { col: c, row: r },
+                { col: c, row: r },
+                cell.format as Partial<Record<keyof CellFormat, unknown>>,
+              );
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (cb.cut) {
+      // clear the moved-from cells, except any the paste itself just wrote into
+      const destC1 = dest.c0 + tileX * cb.width - 1;
+      const destR1 = dest.r0 + tileY * cb.height - 1;
+      for (let row = cb.rect.r0; row <= cb.rect.r1; row++) {
+        for (let col = cb.rect.c0; col <= cb.rect.c1; col++) {
+          const overlap =
+            cb.tableId === s.tableId &&
+            col >= dest.c0 && col <= destC1 && row >= dest.r0 && row <= destR1;
+          if (!overlap) {
+            setCellInput(cb.tableId, col, row, '');
+            clearRangeFormat(cb.tableId, { col, row }, { col, row });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      clipboard.value = null; // a cut buffer is consumed by its first paste
+    }
+
+    setSelection({
+      tableId: s.tableId,
+      anchor: { col: dest.c0, row: dest.r0 },
+      focus: { col: dest.c0 + tileX * cb.width - 1, row: dest.r0 + tileY * cb.height - 1 },
+    });
+  }
+
   const activeCell = computed<CellCoord>(() => doc.selection?.focus ?? { col: 0, row: 0 });
 
   const activeCellName = computed(() => {
@@ -984,6 +1177,13 @@ function createStore() {
     activeCellName,
     activeCellInput,
     selectionAggregate,
+    // clipboard
+    copySelection,
+    cutSelection,
+    pasteClipboard,
+    cancelClipboard,
+    hasClipboard,
+    clipboardRect,
     // document
     replaceDocument,
     resetToSeed,