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Capital letters in German - an introduction

Update Feb. 2025: I just opened my German in Color Club: https://myablefy.com/s/Friderike/the-... Here is a little introduction to capitalization in German. Basic capitalization guideline: a) Words at the beginning of sentences are capitalized. b) Nouns and noun-like words (nominalized words) are capitalized. That's it. It's actually quite easy. Don't feel stressed out over this. Have fun. And don't take it all too seriously. Best wishes from Frid www.joy-of-syntax.com PS I also made a video with some basic guidelines around German main and sub clauses and around German commas. Enjoy it here:    • Position of finite verbs in German main an...   Here is a key to my color system: Clause Elements (Satzglieder): pink = subject (das Subjekt): often, the element that denotes that of which something is affirmed or predicated. blue = verb (das Verb): the element that expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being and may indicate person, number, tense, aspect, voice, and mood. yellow = object (das Objekt): the element that receives the energy of the action. green = adverbial (das Adverbial/die Umstandsbestimmung): the element that expresses all matters related to circumstances of the situation expressed by the verb (time, place, manner, cause, reason, condition, ...). orange = predicate complement (das Subjektprädikativ): the element following a link verb that expresses a characteristic or condition of the subject. red = objective predicate (das Objektprädikativ): the element usually following the object that expresses a characteristic or condition of the object. purple = conjunctions that introduce free adverbial sub clauses or add other main clauses plus: orange with shadow around it = Predicate appositive (das fakultative Subjektprädikativ): a non-finite or verbless predicate that is placed alongside the existing predicate and looks like a clause element