Why are all nouns capitalized in German? Are there other languages that do this? Joseph Boyle has reported here that English used to: Joseph Boyle’s answer to Why are English nouns not all capitalized? Answered 2016-01-16 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/Why-are-all-nouns-capitalized-in-German-Are-there-other-languages-that-do-this/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]