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{{official capitalization standard|language=German}} |
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This page outlines the capitalization rules for the '''German''' language. It forms part of the MusicBrainz [[Capitalization Standard]]. |
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===Auf Deutsch=== |
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If you need help, you can contact one of our [[Moderator Language/German|German speaking editors]] or ask on the [[Users Mailing List]]. |
If you need help, you can contact one of our [[Moderator Language/German|German speaking editors]] or ask on the [[Users Mailing List]]. |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Style]] |
Revision as of 02:32, 27 March 2010
Status: This is an official style guideline. |
Auf Deutsch
Das erste Wort sollte groß geschrieben werden. Für den Rest gilt die übliche Groß- und Kleinschreibung.
In English
Capitalize the first word of a title, and stick to the normal German capitalization rules for the rest of the title.
For non-German speakers the main rule of this document in short: Nouns (also "common" nouns, not only proper nouns) and the first word of a sentence/title are capitalized, everything else is not. This is not completely correct, but appropriate most of the time.
As noted in the Wikipedia article on Eszett, ß is the only European letter that does not have a corresponding capital letter (not yet, that is). Since it never appears at the beginning of a word, there is no need to convert ß to SS (or SZ) for capitalization. However, when correcting the capitalization of a title that is in all uppercase, it may be necessary to convert SS to ß (e.g. Rammstein's "WEISSES FLEISCH" should be capitalized as "Weißes Fleisch"). Please note that the use of ß has changed after the 1996 spelling reform (most important: new spelling dass and muss instead of daß and muß, but still ß after long vowels, e.g. groß, and after diphthongs, e.g. weiß).
If you need help, you can contact one of our German speaking editors or ask on the Users Mailing List.