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[Thomas Okken]

(05-20-2018 12:34 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  

(05-19-2018 03:18 PM)grsbanks Wrote:  (*) there is some debate as to whether it should be Bisschen with a capital B or just bisschen.

No wonder, because "Bisschen" is contained in the list of "orthographically difficult words" maintained by the authority concerning German orthography, the "Duden" encyclopedia: https://www.duden.de/Liste-der-rechtschr...en-Woerter

But the Duden distinguishes between Bisschen, which is a noun meaning "small bite," and bisschen, which is a pronoun meaning "a little." Nouns are capitalized, pronouns are not, so that actually makes sense, provided you can remember which words-that-seem-to-be-nouns are actually not. Another example is Paar, meaning "pair" or "couple" (exactly two) vs. paar, meaning "a few."