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[Guenter Schink]

(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. "Ein Bisschen" is a noun that means "a little bite" and all nouns are written with capitals in German. However, in general usage many people use "bisschen" instead.

No, Bisschen (a little bite) and bisschen ( a little bit) are two different class of words. Bisschen would be a noun, but I've never seen it used and my German Dictionary (Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch) doesn't list it. While bisschen is either an adjective/adverb or a pronoun, depending on the context. Thus "bisschen groß" is correct.

Das "b" in bisschen ist kein bisschen groß

Günter