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Gender neutral language

Gender neutral language in German is more difficult than gender neutral language (also called gender inclusive language) in some languages, because German's grammatical gender is pervasive. See the main article on gender neutral language for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for nonbinary people.

Nouns, Adjectives etc.

See also: Geschlechtsneutrale Sprache at Nichtbinär-Wiki

Asterisk, Underscore, Punctuation

Pronounced as a pause or glottal stop. In between "feminine" and "masculine" ending, the most common version:

mein_e beste*r Freund:in

Either after the stem - or more realistically at the next best place that has nothing to do with feminine/masculine forms but makes sense for pronunciation:

mei:ne bes_ter Freun*din

At random places:

mei*ne best:er Freundi_n

Can be used consistently or mixed up like in the example above.

X^[1]

Pronounced like iks.^[2]

meinx bestx Freundx

(or e.g. Befreunx to avoid basing it on the masculine form) Or wite it as -iks.

meiniks bestiks Freundiks

Shortened Words and Nonsense Forms ^[3]

Fairly well known -i words:

der_die Studi, dix Touri

New words by the same pattern:

dier Mitbewohni, der*die Kollegi

Use the short -i forms or make up new endings and treat the word as neutrum.

mein bestes Freundi
mein liebes Mitbewohnsi

Use -mensch, -menschi, -person:

das Postmenschi
meine Liebhabperson
der liebe Katzenbetreu-Mensch

Or just random words that you think are cute.

Ich will Fotografierflausch werden.

Pronouns

See main article at German neutral pronouns.

Titles

Instead of Frau/Herr

Frann^[4] - nonstandard
Ind.^[4] von "Individuum", nonstandard
Mau^[4] - nonstandard
Per - nonstandard

Professional & Academic Titles

Doctorx^[4] - nonstandard
Professorx^[4] - nonstandard
Professx^[5], abgekürzt Prof. oder Profx. - nonstandard

Family terms

See also: Nichtbinäre Wörter at Nichtbinär-Wiki

Parent

Elter - nonstandard, will sound awkward but be recognised
Mapa - nonstandard
Pama - nonstandard

Child

Enbie, Enby - instead of Mädchen/Junge/Bub, nonstandard
Großes - standard
Kind - standard
Kleines - standard

Aunt/Uncle

Tankel - nonstandard

Niece/Nephew

Nibling - nonstandard

Grandparent

Großelter - nonstandard, will sound awkward but be understood

Sibling

Bruderin, Bruder*in - nonstandard
Brüderin, Brüder*in - nonstandard
das Geschwister - nonstandard, will sound awkward but be understood
Geschwisterchen - standard, but old fashioned and usually used for very young siblings
der/mein Schwester - nonstandard

Partner

Freund*in
Herzmensch
Liebschaft
Partner*in

References

[1] ttp://feministisch-sprachhandeln.org/leitfaden/kapitel2/

[2] ttp://feministisch-sprachhandeln.org/leitfaden/kapitel4/

[3] ttp://nomthecatsaid.tumblr.com/post/124574373381/kennst-du-eine-gute-seite-auf-der-man-sich-%C3%BCber

[nonbinarytransgermany-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Nonbinary Trans Germany, "Language." http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/language

[5] ttp://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/gendertheorie-studierx-lann-hornscheidt-ueber-gerechte-sprache-a-965843.html

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 '''Gender neutral language in German''' is more difficult than [[gender neutral language]] (also called gender inclusive language) in some languages, because German's grammatical gender is pervasive. See the main article on [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people.