Capitalization in German Groß- und Kleinschreibung |More of this
Feature| Capitalization in German Groß- u. Kleinschreibung
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Reform Top Grammar BOOKS But in all the wrangling over how
German should be properly spelled there has been one prominent
sacred cow: the capitalization of all nouns. German is the only
language in the world that requires the capitalization of ALL
nouns. There are only a few fringe groups calling for German
capitalization rules similar to those in most other languages.
Headquartered in Zurich, the Bund für vereinfachte
rechtschreibung (note the spelling of the BVR's name,
"Federation for simplified spelling") dates back to 1924. While
there are a few rebels who write their German email like e.e.
cummings, most German-speakers still cling to their sacred
Großschreibung (capitalization). Although Kleinschreibung had
its advocates, the framers of the 1996 German spelling reforms
felt it was simply not politically feasible to ca