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Traditionally, the word ''den'' has been used as a gender neutral pronoun and remains widely used today. However, depending on the context, the word ''den'' can also mean ''it'' leaving it unsatisfactory as a gender neutral pronoun for many who do not wish to be seen as comparable to an inanimate object. Since the 1960s, the person pronoun ''hen'' has become increasingly popular and will, in 2015, be added for the first time to ''Svenska Akademiens Ordlista'' (the Swedish equivalent to France's ''Dictionnaire de l'Académie française''). Its usage, however, remains somewhat contraversial and is vigorously opposed by some. | Traditionally, the word ''den'' has been used as a gender neutral pronoun and remains widely used today. However, depending on the context, the word ''den'' can also mean ''it'' leaving it unsatisfactory as a gender neutral pronoun for many who do not wish to be seen as comparable to an inanimate object. Since the 1960s, the person pronoun ''hen'' has become increasingly popular and will, in 2015, be added for the first time to ''Svenska Akademiens Ordlista'' (the Swedish equivalent to France's ''Dictionnaire de l'Académie française''). Its usage, however, remains somewhat contraversial and is vigorously opposed by some. | ||
In 2024 the Swedish’s official gender-neutral pronoun is hen/hen/hens. The Swedish common-inanimate pronoun den/den/dens (equivalent to it/it/its) is also used for gender-neutral language and by some [[nonbinary]] people, as well as the non-standard anglicized practice of singular de/dem/deras (they/them/their). Some [[nonbinary]] people have also opted for [[neopronouns|neopronoun]] such as hin/hin/hins, which is in actuality an obsolete pronoun that means something alike “that one”, but is in modern times pretty much only used in the set phrase “hin håle” (the hard one, the devil). | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! <u>Hen</u> | |||
! Standard gender-neutral/third-gender personal pronoun | |||
|- | |||
!hen | |||
|Subject form | |||
|- | |- | ||
! hen | !hen/henom | ||
| | |Object form is generaly just "hen", but some use "henom". It is very individual. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! hens | !hens | ||
| Possessive form | |Possessive form | ||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! <u>Den</u> | |||
! Gender-neutral/common-inanimate "it" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !den | ||
| | |Subject/object form | ||
|- | |- | ||
!dens/dess | |||
|Possessive form | |||
|} | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! <u>De</u> | |||
! Non-standard anglicized singular "they" | |||
|- | |||
!de | |||
|Subject form is sometimes written "dom" | |||
|- | |||
!dem | |||
|Object form is sometimes written "dom" | |||
|- | |||
!deras | |||
|Possessive form | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! <u>Hin</u> | |||
! Neopronoun/obsolete pronoun "hin" | |||
|- | |||
!hin | |||
|Subject/object form | |||
|- | |||
!hins | |||
|Possessive form | |||
|} | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles Gender-neutral/Queer Titles]. A long, continually updated list of gender-neutral or genderqueer words for family members and relationships in English. | *[http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles Gender-neutral/Queer Titles]. A long, continually updated list of gender-neutral or genderqueer words for family members and relationships in English. | ||
* [https://collectanealinguistica.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/language-learning-beyond-the-gender-binary/ Language learning beyond the gender binary], by linguist Timothy McKeon, on how to be gender-neutral or gender-variant in many different languages. | *[https://collectanealinguistica.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/language-learning-beyond-the-gender-binary/ Language learning beyond the gender binary], by linguist Timothy McKeon, on how to be gender-neutral or gender-variant in many different languages. | ||
* [https://deepbaltic.com/2018/03/20/being-non-binary-in-a-language-without-gendered-pronouns-estonian/ Being Non-Binary in a Language Without Gendered Pronouns – Estonian] | *[https://deepbaltic.com/2018/03/20/being-non-binary-in-a-language-without-gendered-pronouns-estonian/ Being Non-Binary in a Language Without Gendered Pronouns – Estonian] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Gender neutral language]] | [[Category:Gender neutral language]] | ||
[[de:geschlechtsneutrale_sprache]] | [[de:geschlechtsneutrale_sprache]] | ||