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As noted in the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett article on eszett], ß is the only European letter that does not have a corresponding capital letter. 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. [http://www.musicbrainz.org/artist/b2d122f9-eadb-4930-a196-8f221eeb0c66.html 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_spelling_reform spelling reform]. |
As noted in the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett article on eszett], ß is the only European letter that does not have a corresponding capital letter. 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. [http://www.musicbrainz.org/artist/b2d122f9-eadb-4930-a196-8f221eeb0c66.html 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_spelling_reform spelling reform]. |
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Opinions? If we can agree here I'd like to see this integrated in the guideline. :) |
Opinions? If we can agree here I'd like to see this integrated in the guideline. :) --[[User:Shepard|Shepard]] |
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Revision as of 22:45, 26 August 2005
This page outlines the capitalization rules for the German language. It forms part of the MusicBrainz CapitalizationStandard.
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 use normal German capitalization rules for the rest of the title.
For non-German speakers the main rule of this document in short: 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. 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 spelling reform.
Discussion
Two things to mention:
1. Capitalization of mix names.
- Divide mix thingies into two parts: the mix name and the mix words (e.g. in "Blub version" "Blub" would be the mix name and "version" the mix word). Then imho the mix words should always be in lower case as said in RemixStyle - if they can be both german or english words ("Version", "Radio", "Karaoke", "Mix", ... can be seen as german or english words).
2. Rechtschreibreform.
- Apply the old capitalization rules only if the record was released before the reform (1996-07-01) and/or the cover shows it in the old way (this for example touches the use of caps on "Du"/"Dich"/"Dein"/... which now are never capsed).
Opinions? If we can agree here I'd like to see this integrated in the guideline. :) --Shepard
