Grundregeln der Rechtschreibung Teil 1  - Groß- und Kleinschreibung
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0:02 Hello and a warm welcome to Schoolmates . My name is Miriam. Schoolmate learning videos help you understand all
0:09 school topics much more easily and clearly. But please always remember to use the pause button if something went
0:16 too fast for you. Because only when every detail is clear to you can you easily understand the rest. In the
0:23 first part of the video series on basic spelling rules, we will deal with capitalization and lowercase letters.
0:29 But why do we write some words with a capital letter and some with a lowercase letter at all? Capitalization
0:34 and lowercase letters help you to understand texts better. The rules for this are strictly defined. An important
0:42 rule is that sentence beginnings, names , and nouns are always capitalized. Now you are surely asking yourselves how to
0:49 recognize a noun. Nouns designate names , e.g., Laura, living beings like the turtle, things, e.g., the table, or
0:59 concepts, e.g., the surprise, and they are often accompanied by definite or indefinite articles. If the topic of
1:07 articles is still unclear to you or you have questions about it, you are welcome to watch the video on nouns and
1:12 articles that we have prepared for you. To recognize nouns, you can use various test methods. We will take a look at
1:20 these together now. As already mentioned, an article is a signal that it is a noun. You can ask yourself the
1:28 following question for this. If there is an article relating to the word in front of it, then it is a noun and is
1:35 capitalized. E.g., the hare, the property, or the wind. But watch out, there are also hidden articles. Many
1:44 are used in an abbreviated form. For example, the word "im" contains "in dem ," meaning the article "dem.""Ins"
1:52 stands for "in das.""Am" written out is "an dem.""Zum" is actually "zu dem," and in "fürs,""für das" is hidden.
2:00 Here is another example of this. I am going into the house. The article "das" is hidden in the word "ins." Therefore,
2:07 "house" is a noun and is capitalized. The second test method is the adjective test. An adjective is a describing word
2:16 that characterizes something with a specific property. Adjectives are, for example, the words big, old, thick,
2:23 hardworking, friendly, and so on. So you can ask yourself, can you put an adjective in front of the word? In the
2:32 sentence "we paint a picture," the adjective "beautiful" can be inserted, for example. This then creates the
2:38 sentence, "we paint a beautiful picture .""Picture" is then the noun, as an adjective can stand in front of it.
2:45 Therefore, "picture" is then capitalized. Another signal for recognizing nouns is the suffix.
2:54 Examples of noun suffixes are-ung, - heit, -keit, -nis, -schaft, -tum, and so on. So, you are at the end of a word
3:03 . Matching nouns could then be community, recovery, wealth, kingship, and reality. Suffixes can therefore
3:12 also help you to recognize nouns. The last test you can perform to identify a noun is to pay attention to its meaning
3:19 . For this, you can ask yourself: Is the word a living being or an object? For example, a rabbit, a fox, a
3:29 cupboard, or a table? Because, as stated at the beginning, living beings or things are always nouns and are
3:35 therefore capitalized. Here you can see an overview of the various test methods with which you can identify a noun.
3:43 Once you have identified it, you must always capitalize it. Besides nouns, there is also so-called nominalization.
3:53 In nominalization, verbs—action words —and adjectives—descriptive words —are used as nouns. Nominalized words
4:02 are then also capitalized. There are also various indicators that allow you to easily recognize nominalization.
4:11 Just like with nouns, you can ask yourself if there is an article before the word. For example, Anna's laughter
4:18 sounds nice. "The laughter" is a nominalized verb, because "laughing" is actually a verb, since you can ask
4:26 about it with "What is it doing?" The article "the" now stands before the actual verb. It was therefore used as a
4:34 noun here. Another indicator for nominalization is when an indefinite quantifier precedes the word, such as
4:43 everything, much, nothing, barely, or something, then you capitalize it and it is nominalized. Here is an example
4:51 of that. A lot of exciting things have happened lately. This is a nominalized adjective. In other words, a
4:59 descriptive word. The adjective is exciting. You ask about it with, how is it? Exciting. Since the quantifier "a
5:08 lot" stands before the adjective, it has been nominalized and is capitalized . So you should remember: Nouns or
5:16 nominalizations are always capitalized. Sentence beginnings and names are also capitalized. Everything else you write
5:26 in lowercase, for example: verbs ( action words), adjectives (descriptive words), pronouns, articles (companion
5:34 words), adverbs (words that describe how, when, and why something happens), prepositions (relational words),
5:42 conjunctions (connecting words like but , however, for, etc.), and numbers. To check your knowledge of capitalization
5:54 once more, we have a small practice exercise for you that you are welcome to work on. Try writing the following
6:01 sentences with correct capitalization. Don't forget that the beginnings of sentences are capitalized. Pause the
6:08 video now for a moment to think about the task. Surely this task was no problem at all for you anymore. Here we
6:20 have the solutions to the various sentences now. You can go ahead and compare these with your sentences. That
6:34 was all you need to know about capitalization for a good grade. You can find many more Schoolmate learning
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