Gender neutral language in German: Difference between revisions

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====== dey ======

The German translation of ''Starfield'' vom Bethesda Games Studios uses dey/demm pronouns to refer to nonbinary protagonists. Some German speaking influencers use them as their pronouns (cf. @kai.isaiah_jamal) and so do other numerous Instagram users (i. e. search for the key words 'dey/dem' in the Instagram search engine).

The German translation of ''Starfield'' vom Bethesda Games Studios uses 'dey'/'demm' pronouns to refer to nonbinary protagonists. Some German speaking influencers use them as their pronouns (cf. @kai.isaiah_jamal) and so do other numerous Instagram users (i. e. search for the key words 'dey/dem' in the Instagram search engine). As for series, ''Star Treck Discovery'' uses 'dey' pronouns for their nonbinary/genderless characters.<ref name=":2">Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Darunter und darüber — "they" Pronomen in Filmen/Serien Deutsch übersetzen''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/darunterdarueber/ (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

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Ravna Marin Siever, author of the book ''Was wird es denn? Ein Kind! Wie geschlechtsoffene Erziehung gelingt'', uses pronouns from the sier-paradigm for people to refer to them.<ref>Siever, Ravna Marin (2022): ''Was wird es denn? Ein Kind! Wie geschlechtsoffene Erziehung gelingt''. Weinheim: Beltz, 97.</ref> ~~Books~~ that use the 'sier' pronoun:

Ravna Marin Siever, author of the book ''Was wird es denn? Ein Kind! Wie geschlechtsoffene Erziehung gelingt'', uses pronouns from the sier-paradigm for people to refer to them.<ref>Siever, Ravna Marin (2022): ''Was wird es denn? Ein Kind! Wie geschlechtsoffene Erziehung gelingt''. Weinheim: Beltz, 97.</ref> ''Boyfriend dungeon'' uses 'xier' as nonbinary pronoun in their German version.<ref>Reinke, Eleen (2021): Boyfriend Dungeon im Test: Scharfe Dates und dröge Dungeons. In: ''Gamepro''. Online at: https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/boyfriend-dungeon-im-test-scharfe-dates-droege-dungeons,3372598.html (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref><ref name=":3">Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Xier Pronomen in Texten, Serien, Filmen und Video Games''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/pronomentexte/ (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

Some examples of books that use the 'sier' pronoun (for an exhaustive list, see ''Xier Pronomen in Texten, Serien, Filmen und Video Games'' from Illi Anna Heger):<ref name=":4">Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''DiverserLesen''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/diverserlesen/ (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

* ''Ein göttliches Paar'' from Amalia Zeichnerin;

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In the second episode (1:02) of the series ''City of Ghosts'', i. e. ''Stadt der Geister'' in German, Thomas states that their pronoun is 'xier'. The blogger Frau Papa Nina tells in an interview from the podcast ''Das gewünschteste Wunschkind'' — hosted by Danielle Graf and Katja Seide — that they use the pronoun 'xier' for themselves.<ref>Frau Papa Nina in conversation (2019): Transsexualität und Diversität. In: Graf, Danielle/Seide, Katja (hosts): ''Das gewünschteste Wunschkind. Der Podcast''. Online at: https://plus.rtl.de/podcast/das-gewuenschteste-wunschkind-3r427sdoc4dw2/transsexualitaet-und-diversitaet-cbin4vimtsr1p (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>

Books that use the 'xier' pronoun:<ref name=":4" />

* ''Gründämmerung'' from Alice Hagenbruch;

* ''Camp — Queerfeldein führt auch ein Weg'' from L. C. Rosen;

* ''Look'' from Luka Holmegaard;

* ''Laylayland'' from Judith and Christian Vogt;

* ''Blind'' and ''Blau'' from Annette Juretzki;

* ''Ace in Space'' from Judith Vogt, Christian Vogt and Stephan Urbach;

* ''Humbug über Xenosol'' from Tino Falke;

* ''Dies ist mein letztes Lied'' from Lena Richter;

* ''Auf einem Sonnenstrahl'' from Tillie Walden

Some examples of series that use 'xier' pronouns in the German version (for an exhaustive list, see ''Xier Pronomen in Texten, Serien, Filmen und Video Games'' from Illi Anna Heger)<ref name=":3" />:<ref name=":2" />

* ''Transparent'' from Joey Soloway;

* ''One Day at a Time'' from Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce.

Some examples of video games that use 'xier' pronouns in the German version (for an exhaustive list, see ''Xier Pronomen in Texten, Serien, Filmen und Video Games'' from Illi Anna Heger):<ref name=":3" />

* ''Harmony: the fall of reverie''<ref>Wetterau, Sören (2023): Test: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie. In: ''4Players - das Spielemagazin''. Online at: https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/44253/85341/1/Harmony_The_Fall_of_Reverie.html (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

* ''Dead Space''<ref>guts (2023): ''Okay ich bin auf den ersten xier-gespickten Textlog gestoßen und danach war mir ziemlich schwindlig xD''. Online at: https://forums.consolewars.de/threads/dead-space-ea-motive.73420/page-33 (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

* ''Wylde Flowers''<ref>Nintendo (2024): ''Wylde Flowers''. Online at: https://www.nintendo.ch/de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch-Download-Software/Wylde-Flowers-2271735.html (retrieved 02.10.2024).</ref>

* ''Rainbow Six Siege''<ref>UBISOFT (2015): ''Sens''. Online at: [https://www.ubisoft.com/de-de/game/rainbow-six/siege/game-info/operators/sens#:~:text=Xier%20bezeichnet%20sie%20als%20die,Gelegenheit%20ihre%20EDM%2DSets%20spielt. https://www.ubisoft.com/de-de/game/rainbow-six/siege/game-info/operators/sens#:~:text=Xier%20bezeichnet%20sie%20als%20die,Gelegenheit%20ihre%20EDM%2DSets%20spielt.] (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>

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