ABSTRACT
NouNs are words which name living creatures, things, places, ideas or processes. A striking feature of German is that they are always written with an initial capital letter (see 21.2). A noun is often preceded by an article or other determiNer (see Chapters 4 and 5), and often also by one or more adjectives or a longer adjectival phrase (see Chapter 6). Together, these form the NouN phrase, illustrated in Table 1.1.
