How does Polish capitalisation of titles differ from English?

English title case capitalises most words. Polish uses sentence case: only the first word of the title and any proper nouns take a capital, while ordinary nouns, adjectives, and verbs stay lowercase. So a Polish title looks much more like a normal sentence.

Why do I need to provide a proper-noun list?

The tool cannot reliably know which words are names or places, since many proper nouns look like ordinary words. By listing them you tell the tool which words to keep capitalised; everything else after the first word is lowercased.

Are adjectives in titles capitalised?

No. Polish keeps adjectives lowercase in titles unless they are part of a proper name. For example, in 'Mała dziewczynka' only the first word is capitalised; mała would be lowercase if it appeared mid-title.

Does the first word always get a capital?

Yes. Regardless of what the first word is, its first letter is capitalised, matching sentence-style capitalisation. Subsequent words follow the proper-noun rule.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using Polish-aware casing, and nothing is sent to a server. The tool works offline once loaded.

Polish Title Case — Gera Tools

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The Polish Title Case tool formats a title the way Polish style requires: like a sentence. Only the first word and genuine proper nouns are capitalised, and everything else — including adjectives that English would capitalise — stays lowercase.

How it works

The tool splits the title into words while preserving the original spacing. The first word is always capitalised on its first letter and lowercased elsewhere. For every later word, it strips punctuation, lowercases it for comparison, and checks it against your list of proper nouns: if it matches, the word is capitalised; otherwise it is fully lowercased. Casing uses Polish-aware upper and lower case so letters like ł, ó, and ż are handled correctly.

Tips and example

pan tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na litwie with Tadeusz and Litwie in the proper-noun list becomes Pan Tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie.
Add both base and inflected forms of a name (e.g. Litwa and Litwie) since Polish nouns change endings by case.
Ordinary adjectives such as ostatni and mały stay lowercase unless they belong to a proper name.
The first word is capitalised even if it is a small function word, matching Polish sentence-style titling.