lowercase spelling
die Kleinschreibung, die Kleinschreibungen
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lowercase spelling
The use of lowercase letters when writing, especially in places where capitalization is not required.
Bei der Kleinschreibung werden viele Wörter im Satzinneren mit kleinen Anfangsbuchstaben geschrieben.
With lowercase spelling, many words within a sentence are written with lowercase initial letters.
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Kleinschreibungen |
| genitive | der Kleinschreibung |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Kleinschreibung | die Kleinschreibungen |
| accusative | die Kleinschreibung | die Kleinschreibungen |
| dative | der Kleinschreibung | den Kleinschreibungen |
| genitive | der Kleinschreibung | der Kleinschreibungen |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Kleinschreibung' (lowercase spelling) is made up of 'klein' (small) and 'Schreibung' (writing/spelling). The word therefore refers to a particular way of writing words with lowercase initial letters.
Die Kleinschreibung spielt in den Regeln der deutschen Rechtschreibung eine wichtige Rolle.
Lowercase spelling plays an important role in the rules of German spelling.
'Kleinschreibung' (lowercase spelling) very often occurs in the fixed expression 'Groß- und Kleinschreibung' (capitalization and lowercase spelling). This expression refers to the rules governing when words are written with uppercase or lowercase letters.
Die Groß- und Kleinschreibung bereitet vielen Deutschlernenden Schwierigkeiten.
Capitalization and lowercase spelling cause difficulties for many learners of German.
'Kleinschreibung' (lowercase spelling) is especially often used together with words such as 'Regeln' (rules), 'Fehler' (mistakes), or 'Ausnahmen' (exceptions). This is how specific questions about German spelling are described.
Im Unterricht haben wir die Regeln der Kleinschreibung bei Adjektiven wiederholt.
In class, we reviewed the rules for lowercase spelling in adjectives.
