Gender neutral language in German: Difference between revisions

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    {| class="wikitable"
    {| class="wikitable"
    |+Personal pronouns: peripheral usage
    |+<small>Personal pronouns: peripheral usage</small>
    !Paradigm
    !<small>Paradigm</small>
    ! 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" |<small><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></small>
    ! 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 name=":15">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" |<small>'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 name=":15">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></small>
    !<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>
    !<small><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></small>
    !'el'<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''el/em''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/el?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''el''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#el (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<small>'el'<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''el/em''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/el?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''el''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#el (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref></small>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'ey'</span><ref>Pronouns.page (2024). ''ey/emm''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/ey?erweitert (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''ey/em''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#eyem (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>
    !<small><span style="color:DarkBlue">'ey'</span><ref>Pronouns.page (2024). ''ey/emm''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/ey?erweitert (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref><ref>Nichtbinär-Wiki (2024): ''ey/em''. Online at: https://nibi.space/pronomen#eyem (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref></small>
    |-
    |-
    !'''solely referential and/or demonstrative'''
    !'''<small>solely referential and/or demonstrative</small>'''
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">solely ref.</span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>solely ref.</small></span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">demonstr.</span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>demonstr.</small></span>
    !solely ref.
    !<small>solely ref.</small>
    !demonstr.
    !<small>demonstr.</small>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">syncretic pronoun?</span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>syncretic pronoun?</small></span>
    !syncretic pronoun?
    !<small>syncretic pronoun?</small>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">syncretic pronoun?</span>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>syncretic pronoun?</small></span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Nominative'''
    !'''<small>Nominative</small>'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>nin</small></span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>din</small></span>
    |sir
    |<small>sir</small>
    |dier
    |<small>dier</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">hen</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>hen</small></span>
    |el
    |<small>el</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">ey</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>ey</small></span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Accusative'''
    !'''<small>Accusative</small>'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nin</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>nin</small></span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">din</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>din</small></span>
    |sihn
    |<small>sihn</small>
    |dien
    |<small>dien</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">han</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>han</small></span>
    |en
    |<small>en</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">emm</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>emm</small></span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Dative'''
    !'''<small>Dative</small>'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nim
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>nim</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">dim
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>dim</small>
    |ihrm
    |<small>ihrm</small>
    |derm
    |<small>derm</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">ham</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>ham</small></span>
    |em
    |<small>em</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">emm</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>emm</small></span>
    |-
    |-
    !'''Genitive'''
    !'''<small>Genitive</small>'''
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">nimser
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>nimser</small>
    | -
    | <small>-</small>
    |sihrer
    |<small>sihrer</small>
    | -
    | <small>-</small>
    | -
    | <small>-</small>
    |emser
    |<small>emser</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">eyser</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>eyser</small></span>
    |}
    |}


    {| class="wikitable"
    {| class="wikitable"
    |+(almost) Indeclinable personal pronouns
    |+<small>(almost) Indeclinable personal pronouns</small>
    !Paradigm
    !<small>Paradigm</small>
    !'ens'<ref>Lann Hornscheidt in conversation (2021): ''Debatte um Gendersprache: Sie oder er oder wie? „Ich wünsche mir, dass alle erst mal ens sind“.'' In: ''Berliner Zeitung.'' Retrieved 28.04.2021.</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''ens/ens''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/ens?erweitert (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref>
    !<small>'ens'<ref>Lann Hornscheidt in conversation (2021): ''Debatte um Gendersprache: Sie oder er oder wie? „Ich wünsche mir, dass alle erst mal ens sind“.'' In: ''Berliner Zeitung.'' Retrieved 28.04.2021.</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''ens/ens''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/ens?erweitert (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref></small>
    !<span style="color:DarkBlue">'en'</span><ref name=":1">von Usslar, Maria (2019): Er, sie, they, hen: Wie wollen Trans- und Interpersonen bezeichnet werden? In: ''Der'' ''Standard''. Online at: https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000106804139/er-sie-they-hen-wie-wollen-trans-und-interpersonen-bezeichnet (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''en/en''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/en?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<small><span style="color:DarkBlue">'en'</span><ref name=":1">von Usslar, Maria (2019): Er, sie, they, hen: Wie wollen Trans- und Interpersonen bezeichnet werden? In: ''Der'' ''Standard''. Online at: https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000106804139/er-sie-they-hen-wie-wollen-trans-und-interpersonen-bezeichnet (retrieved 10.02.2024).</ref><ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''en/en''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/en?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref></small>
    !'iks'<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''iks/iks''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/iks?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref>
    !<small>'iks'<ref>Pronouns.page (2024): ''iks/iks''. Online at: https://de.pronouns.page/iks?erweitert (retrieved 09.02.2024).</ref></small>
    |-
    |-
    !Nominative
    !<small>Nominative</small>
    |ens
    |<small>ens</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">en</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>en</small></span>
    |iks
    |<small>iks</small>
    |-
    |-
    !Accusative
    !<small>Accusative</small>
    |ens
    |<small>ens</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">en</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>en</small></span>
    |iks
    |<small>iks</small>
    |-
    |-
    !Dative
    !<small>Dative</small>
    |ens
    |<small>ens</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">en</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>en</small></span>
    |iks
    |<small>iks</small>
    |-
    |-
    !Genitive
    !<small>Genitive</small>
    |enser
    |<small>enser</small>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue">enser</span>
    |<span style="color:DarkBlue"><small>enser</small></span>
    |ikser
    |<small>ikser</small>
    |}
    |}