Words
die Großschreibung
In English: capitalization
German writes every noun with a capital letter, not only names, and also any word used as a noun. The formal pronouns Sie, Ihnen and Ihr are capitalized too, but ich is not.
Example: Am Morgen trinke ich Tee und lese die Zeitung.
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See also
das Nomen / das Substantiv die Höflichkeitsform (Sie) das substantivierte Adjektiv
