>> German caps lock should be called shift lock.
>
> As a matter of fact it is called Feststelltaste (loosely translating to
> lock key), and typically labelled ⇩ (loosely translating to downward
> arrow) :P
>
> As for its function, that depends on the keyboard driver you're using.
> On Windows for instance, the "Deutsch (Standard)" keyboard driver
> follows the German official norm, which continues the tradition of
> mechanical typewriters to have the key operate as shift lock, but German
> keyboard drivers do exist that configure it as caps lock, such as the
> "Deutsch (IBM)" keyboard driver on Windows.

If only I'd known it was as simple as changing my keyboard driver to IBM...

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