Gender neutral language in German: Difference between revisions

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    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">'sier' Version 2.1</span><ref>Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Version 2.1: sier Pronomen ohne Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/pronomen21/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">'sier' Version 2.1</span><ref>Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Version 2.1: sier Pronomen ohne Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/pronomen21/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |'xier' Version 3.3<ref>Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Version 3.3: xier Pronomen ohne Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/pronomen33/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |'xier' Version 3.3<ref>Heger, Illi Anna (2022): ''Version 3.3: xier Pronomen ohne Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.annaheger.de/pronomen33/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">SYLVAIN-Konventionen</span><ref>de Sylvain, Cabala/Balzer, Carsten (2008): ''Die SYLVAIN-Konventionen — Versuch einer "geschlechtergerechten" Grammatik-Transformation der deutschen Sprache.'' Online at: https://www.geschlechtsneutral.com/lit/Liminalis-2008-Sylvain-Balzer.pdf (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'hän'</span><ref>zweisatz (2011): ''HIGH ON CLICHÉS''. ''Glossar''. Online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531034450/https://highoncliches.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/glossar/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''hän/sim''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/h%C3%A4n?erweitert (retrieved 02.09.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |NoNa-System<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''hen/hem''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/hen?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Moro, Jona/Frank, Noah (2024): ''Das NoNa-System. geschlechtsneutrale deutsche Grammatik''. Online at: https://geschlechtsneutralesdeutsch.com/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">g-Genus</span><ref name=":0">Dominik Jahre (2018): ''Das g-Genus. Merkmale des g-Genus''. Online at: https://www.geschlechtsneutral.com/index.html (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |De-e-System<ref>Verein für Geschlechtsneutrales Deutsch e. V. (2024): ''De-e-System''. https://geschlechtsneutral.net/gesamtsystem/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |De-e-System<ref>Verein für Geschlechtsneutrales Deutsch e. V. (2024): ''De-e-System''. https://geschlechtsneutral.net/gesamtsystem/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">g-Genus</span><ref name=":0">Dominik Jahre (2018): ''Das g-Genus. Merkmale des g-Genus''. Online at: https://www.geschlechtsneutral.com/index.html (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |NoNa-System<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''hen/hem''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/hen?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Moro, Jona/Frank, Noah (2024): ''Das NoNa-System. geschlechtsneutrale deutsche Grammatik''. Online at: https://geschlechtsneutralesdeutsch.com/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'hän'</span><ref>zweisatz (2011): ''HIGH ON CLICHÉS''. ''Glossar''. Online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531034450/https://highoncliches.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/glossar/ (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''hän/sim''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/h%C3%A4n?erweitert (retrieved 02.09.2024).</ref>
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    |-
    !'''prosodical features'''
    !'''prosodical features'''
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    !unstressed
    !unstressed
    !stressed
    !stressed
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">unstressed</span>
    !
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">stressed</span>
    !unstressed
    !unstressed
    !stressed
    !stressed
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    !unstressed
    !unstressed
    !stressed
    !stressed
    !
    |-
    |-
    !'''Nominative'''
    !'''Nominative'''
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    |xier
    |xier
    |dier
    |dier
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hän</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |hen
    |dai
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hen</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dio</span>
    |en
    |en
    |de [de(:)]
    |de [de(:)]
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hen</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dio</span>
    |hen
    |dai
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hän</span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Accusative'''
    !'''Accusative'''
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    |xien
    |xien
    |dien
    |dien
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |hen
    |dai
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hen</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dio</span>
    |en
    |en
    |de [de(:)]
    |de [de(:)]
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hen</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dio</span>
    |hen
    |dai
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sin</span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Dative'''
    !'''Dative'''
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    |xiem
    |xiem
    |diem
    |diem
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nim
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sim</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dim
    |hem
    |dam
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hem</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dero</span>
    |em
    |em
    |derm
    |derm
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hem</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dero</span>
    |hem
    |dam
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sim</span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Genitive'''
    !'''Genitive'''
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    |xieser
    |xieser
    | -
    | -
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nimser
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sirer</span>
    | -
    | henser
    |enser
    | -
    | -
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">-</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">-</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">-</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">-</span>
    |henser
    |enser
    | -
    | -
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">sirer</span>
    |}
    |}
    ====== 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. key words 'dey/dem', for example, in Instagram search engine).


    ====== sier ======
    ====== sier ======
    Ravna Marin Siever, author of the book ''Was wird es denn? Ein Kind! Wie geschlechtsoffene Erziehung gelingt'', uses pronouns from the 'sier'-paradigma 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> Books that use the 'sier' pronoun:


    * ''Ein göttliches Paar'' from Amalia Zeichnerin;
    * ''Ein göttliches Paar'' from Amalia Zeichnerin;
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    ====== xier ======
    ====== xier ======
    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>
    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>
    ====== dey ======
    tbd


    ====== hen ======
    ====== hen ======
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    |+Personalpronouns: peripheral usage?
    |+Personalpronouns: peripheral usage?
    !Paradigm
    !Paradigm
    ! colspan="2" |<span style="color:DarkBlue">SYLVAIN-Konventionen</span><ref>de Sylvain, Cabala/Balzer, Carsten (2008): ''Die SYLVAIN-Konventionen — Versuch einer "geschlechtergerechten" Grammatik-Transformation der deutschen Sprache.'' Online at: https://www.geschlechtsneutral.com/lit/Liminalis-2008-Sylvain-Balzer.pdf (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |'sir' [zi:<span style="color:DarkBlue">ɐ̯]</span><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''sir''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#sir (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Berliner Morgenpost (2017): ''Das sagen Berliner Experten zum Streit ums dritte Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article212586881/Das-sagen-Berliner-Experten-zum-Streit-ums-dritte-Geschlecht.html (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    ! colspan="2" |'sir' [zi:<span style="color:DarkBlue">ɐ̯]</span><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''sir''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#sir (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Berliner Morgenpost (2017): ''Das sagen Berliner Experten zum Streit ums dritte Geschlecht''. Online at: https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article212586881/Das-sagen-Berliner-Experten-zum-Streit-ums-dritte-Geschlecht.html (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'hen'<sub>2</sub></span><ref>Catboy Jaebeom/Fliederfuchs (2023): ''ASTRI'FA | THE BEARER OF STARS''. Online at: https://catboy-jaebeom.tumblr.com/about (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'hen'<sub>2</sub></span><ref>Catboy Jaebeom/Fliederfuchs (2023): ''ASTRI'FA | THE BEARER OF STARS''. Online at: https://catboy-jaebeom.tumblr.com/about (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
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    |-
    |-
    !'''prosodical features'''
    !'''prosodical features'''
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">unstressed</span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">stressed</span>
    !unstressed
    !unstressed
    !stressed
    !stressed
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    |-
    |-
    !'''Nominative'''
    !'''Nominative'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |sir
    |sir
    |dier
    |dier
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    |-
    |-
    !'''Accusative'''
    !'''Accusative'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |sihn
    |sihn
    |dien
    |dien
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    |-
    |-
    !'''Dative'''
    !'''Dative'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nim
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dim
    |ihrm
    |ihrm
    |derm
    |derm
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    |-
    |-
    !'''Genitive'''
    !'''Genitive'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nimser
    | -
    |sihrer
    |sihrer
    | -
    | -
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