Why do we have to make “peinlich” start with a capital letter and also end with -s in this...

Memory usage: #define vs. static const for uint8_t

How to politely refuse in-office gym instructor for steroids and protein

Broad Strokes - missing letter riddle

What is a good reason for every spaceship to carry a weapon on board?

Stuck on a Geometry Puzzle

Square Root Distance from Integers

What is the wife of a henpecked husband called?

Should I cite R or RStudio?

Why do we have to make "peinlich" start with a capital letter and also end with -s in this sentence?

How to not let the Identify spell spoil everything?

What to do with threats of blacklisting?

Why do neural networks need so many training examples to perform?

"Starve to death" Vs. "Starve to the point of death"

Count repetitions of an array

What does an unprocessed RAW file look like?

Could a warlock use the One with Shadows warlock invocation to turn invisible, and then move while staying invisible?

Why is the "Domain users" group missing from this Powershell AD Query?

Why didn't the 2019 Oscars have a host?

Methods for writing a code review

Converting very wide logos to square formats

Eww, those bytes are gross

Why avoid shared user accounts?

Has any human ever had the choice to leave Earth permanently?

Website seeing my Facebook data?



Why do we have to make “peinlich” start with a capital letter and also end with -s in this sentence?


Adjectives with capital letters and no inflectionWhy is the adjective 'staatlich' not inflected?Do all German nouns start with a capital letter?How do I know which declension pattern a noun belongs to in the Langenscheidt pocket dictionary?Explaining the adjective ending in “zum ersten Mal”Why do ‘verwundet’ and ‘verwundert’ have such a similar spelling?Declensions of adjectives - indefinite article vs no articleWould I really say “schön Abend”?German adjectives that end in an “e” such as “leise” and “lose”Why are adjectives declined in German?













3















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?










share|improve this question



























    3















    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?










    share|improve this question

























      3












      3








      3








      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?










      share|improve this question














      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






      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question











      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question










      asked 7 hours ago









      DennisDennis

      32318




      32318






















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes


















          6














          What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a substantive -




          das Peinliche




          ("the embarrassing") is used as a substantive in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be upper-cased.



          The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.






          share|improve this answer























            Your Answer








            StackExchange.ready(function() {
            var channelOptions = {
            tags: "".split(" "),
            id: "253"
            };
            initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

            StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
            // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
            if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
            StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
            createEditor();
            });
            }
            else {
            createEditor();
            }
            });

            function createEditor() {
            StackExchange.prepareEditor({
            heartbeatType: 'answer',
            autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
            convertImagesToLinks: false,
            noModals: true,
            showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
            reputationToPostImages: null,
            bindNavPrevention: true,
            postfix: "",
            imageUploader: {
            brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
            contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
            allowUrls: true
            },
            noCode: true, onDemand: true,
            discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
            ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
            });


            }
            });














            draft saved

            draft discarded


















            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fgerman.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f49770%2fwhy-do-we-have-to-make-peinlich-start-with-a-capital-letter-and-also-end-with%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown

























            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes








            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes









            active

            oldest

            votes






            active

            oldest

            votes









            6














            What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a substantive -




            das Peinliche




            ("the embarrassing") is used as a substantive in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be upper-cased.



            The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.






            share|improve this answer




























              6














              What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a substantive -




              das Peinliche




              ("the embarrassing") is used as a substantive in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be upper-cased.



              The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.






              share|improve this answer


























                6












                6








                6







                What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a substantive -




                das Peinliche




                ("the embarrassing") is used as a substantive in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be upper-cased.



                The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.






                share|improve this answer













                What you see here is what is called Substantivierung - An adjective is elevated to a substantive -




                das Peinliche




                ("the embarrassing") is used as a substantive in the sentence (after all, it is the object of the sentence) and thus has to be upper-cased.



                The -s suffix is used in your example because of the "etwas" which enforces mixed declension.







                share|improve this answer












                share|improve this answer



                share|improve this answer










                answered 7 hours ago









                tofrotofro

                42.7k142129




                42.7k142129






























                    draft saved

                    draft discarded




















































                    Thanks for contributing an answer to German Language Stack Exchange!


                    • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

                    But avoid



                    • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

                    • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


                    To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




                    draft saved


                    draft discarded














                    StackExchange.ready(
                    function () {
                    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fgerman.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f49770%2fwhy-do-we-have-to-make-peinlich-start-with-a-capital-letter-and-also-end-with%23new-answer', 'question_page');
                    }
                    );

                    Post as a guest















                    Required, but never shown





















































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown

































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown







                    Popular posts from this blog

                    Щит и меч (фильм) Содержание Названия серий | Сюжет |...

                    is 'sed' thread safeWhat should someone know about using Python scripts in the shell?Nexenta bash script uses...

                    Meter-Bus Содержание Параметры шины | Стандартизация |...