Kleinschreibung

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

klein +‎ Schreibung

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

Kleinschreibung f (genitive Kleinschreibung, plural Kleinschreibungen)

  1. lower-case printing / writing
    Antonym: Großschreibung
    Auffällig am Deutschen Wörterbuch ist, dass darin konsequent die in der deutschen Schriftsprache unübliche Kleinschreibung nicht allein der Substantive, sondern auch der Satzanfänge verwendet wird.
    What is striking about the German dictionary is that it consistently uses the lower-case not only of nouns but also of the beginnings of sentences, which is unusual in the German written language.

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]