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












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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?










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    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?










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      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?










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      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?







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          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.






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            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.






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              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.






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                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.






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                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.







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