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| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5606 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes  Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 1 of 11 22 August 2009 at 6:31am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Is German the only Germanic language whose first letter of the nouns must be written in capital letters? Would it be possible for this special rule to be cancelled by an updated orthography reform? Thanks!
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| Lingua Decaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5574 days ago 186 posts - 319 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Dutch | Message 2 of 11 22 August 2009 at 7:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It is now, but at one time Danish also capitalized the initial letter of nouns.
Of course it would, but I don't think this is likely. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Paramecium Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5710 days ago 46 posts - 59 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Russian Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 11 22 August 2009 at 8:12am | IP Logged | ||||||||
That never will happen. For a native German it is even very uncomfortable to read a German text, which is written in small letters. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5733 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 11 22 August 2009 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
That's just a matter of getting used to it. I'm sure in the long term German will change to lowercase only. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Iwwersetzerin Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member Luxembourg Joined 5667 days ago 259 posts - 513 votes Speaks: French*, Luxembourgish*, GermanC2, EnglishC2, SpanishC2, DutchC1, ItalianC1 Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 5 of 11 22 August 2009 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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In Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, the initial letter of nouns is also capitalized.
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 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6434 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 11 22 August 2009 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
NO! German without its capitals is just unthinkable! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Metamucil Groupie United States Joined 5873 days ago 43 posts - 51 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 7 of 11 22 August 2009 at 11:17pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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haven't they got rid of the ettsett, the letter that looks almost like a large capitol "B" and substituted "ss" for it? (I mean in Hochdeutsch natuerlich :)
I believe it's mostly used after long vowels and after vowel digraphs or diphthongs (ai, ei, ie, au, etc.) I believe in Switzerland they don't use B as much. can any native German speaker confirm the above? FluB to: Fluss zum Beispiel.... :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Metamucil Groupie United States Joined 5873 days ago 43 posts - 51 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 8 of 11 22 August 2009 at 11:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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alt 225 ß alt 0223 are how one types the ettsett on an English keyboard FYI (for your information) Edited by Metamucil on 22 August 2009 at 11:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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