German nouns are always capitalized. This is true regardless of the position of the noun in the sentence. This rule of punctuation sets German apart from most languages.
Here are examples:
Mein Zug steht auf Gleis drei. (My train is on track three)
Ich trink jeden Morgen Kaffee. (I drink coffee every morning)
Meine Schwester hat ein schönes Haus. (My sister has a beautiful house)
Der Garten hat viele Pflanzen und Blumen. (The garden has many plants and flowers)
Das Frühstück ist oft eine kleine Mahlzeit des Tages. (Breakfast is often a small meal of the day)
One rule of German punctuation is that all nouns must be capitalized. It was also once a rule of Danish punctuation, but the rule was abolished in 1948. The result of capitalizion of nouns in German is that they are easily identified in the sentence.
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