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As noted in the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F article on Eszett], ß is the only European letter that does not have a corresponding capital letter ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%C3%9F 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. [[Artist:b2d122f9-eadb-4930-a196-8f221eeb0c66|Rammstein's]] "WEISSES FLEISCH" should be capitalized as "Weißes Fleisch"). Please note that the use of ß has changed after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_orthography_reform_of_1996 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#German diphthongs], e.g. ''weiß''). |
As noted in the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F article on Eszett], ß is the only European letter that does not have a corresponding capital letter ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%C3%9F 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. [[Artist:b2d122f9-eadb-4930-a196-8f221eeb0c66|Rammstein's]] "WEISSES FLEISCH" should be capitalized as "Weißes Fleisch"). Please note that the use of ß has changed after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_orthography_reform_of_1996 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#German diphthongs], e.g. ''weiß''). |
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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).
