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Why do we have to make “peinlich” start with a capital letter and also end with -s in this sentence?
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I just watched a youtube video. At 0:27, he says:
So, hast du schon irgendwas sehr Peinliches gemacht, wo du.....
My question is: why do we have to start "peinlich" with a capital letter? It is an adjective here. Also, why it ends with -s? Is it because of adjective ending?
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I just watched a youtube video. At 0:27, he says:
So, hast du schon irgendwas sehr Peinliches gemacht, wo du.....
My question is: why do we have to start "peinlich" with a capital letter? It is an adjective here. Also, why it ends with -s? Is it because of adjective ending?
adjectives nouns
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DennisDennis
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I just watched a youtube video. At 0:27, he says:
So, hast du schon irgendwas sehr Peinliches gemacht, wo du.....
My question is: why do we have to start "peinlich" with a capital letter? It is an adjective here. Also, why it ends with -s? Is it because of adjective ending?
adjectives nouns
asked 10 hours ago
DennisDennis
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I just watched a youtube video. At 0:27, he says:
So, hast du schon irgendwas sehr Peinliches gemacht, wo du.....
My question is: why do we have to start "peinlich" with a capital letter? It is an adjective here. Also, why it ends with -s? Is it because of adjective ending?
adjectives nouns
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What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a noun (dt: Substantiv)
das Peinliche
("the embarrassing") is used as a noun in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be capitalised.
The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.
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@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
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@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
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What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a noun (dt: Substantiv)
das Peinliche
("the embarrassing") is used as a noun in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be capitalised.
The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.
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GrottenOlm
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@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
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@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
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What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a noun (dt: Substantiv)
das Peinliche
("the embarrassing") is used as a noun in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be capitalised.
The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.
edited 1 hour ago
GrottenOlm
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answered 10 hours ago
tofrotofro
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@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
1
@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
add a comment |
What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a noun (dt: Substantiv)
das Peinliche
("the embarrassing") is used as a noun in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be capitalised.
The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.
edited 1 hour ago
GrottenOlm
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answered 10 hours ago
tofrotofro
42.8k142130
What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a noun (dt: Substantiv)
das Peinliche
("the embarrassing") is used as a noun in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be capitalised.
The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.
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@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
1
@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1
@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
1
@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
1
1
@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
@Dennis: Please not that even when using an adjective as adjective (and not as substantive) the endings of the adjective may change: The endings change in the case that the adjectives are describing a substantive (but without using the verb "sein"). Example: "Die Kleider sind peinlich." (use of the verb "sein"), but: "Er hat die peinlichen Kleider angezogen."
– Martin Rosenau
2 hours ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
But note that no capitalization takes place when there is an implied substantive, e.g.: Ich habe das hübsche Kleid angezogen, das peinliche habe ich zu Hause gelassen.
– RHa
1 hour ago
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@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
@rha I was already afraid that my answer had too much information for the level of the question...
– tofro
1 hour ago
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