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Translations:Gender neutral language in Swedish/48/en

  • Allesrätt. Neutral, nonstandard, little use. Neutral non-male-generalizing alternative for "allemansrätt" ("all-man's-right", only removing "mans", right of public access).
  • Amningsmjölk, amningsmjölksersättning. Neutral. Means breast-/chestfeeding milk and breast-/chestfeeding formula, can be used as an alternative to "bröstmjölk"/"modersmjölk" (breast milk/mother's milk) and "bröstmjölksersättning"/modersmjölksersättning" (breast-/mother's milk substitute/formula).
  • Tamanka/Tamankor, vildand/vildänder. Neutral species alternatives to ”anka/and” (domestic hen duck/wild hen mallard, vernacular for domestic ducks/wild ducks) and ”drake” (domestic drake/wild drake), uncommon (but will be understood) non-vernacular terms for domestic duck bird(s)/wild mallard bird(s).
  • Arbetsstyrka/arbetskraft, teamstyrka/lagstyrka, personalstyrka. Means workforce, team/staff/crew strength/force/power and can be used as non-male-generalizing alternatives for "manstyrka" (man power).
  • Besatt/med personal, obesatt/utan personal. Means occupied/with staff and unoccupied/without staff, these alternatives can be used as non-male-generalizing alternatives to "bemannad" (manned) and "obemannad" (unmanned).
  • Besegra, överväldiga/överrumpla, övertrumfa, övervinna. Non-male-generalizing alternatives to "övermanna" ("overman"/overpower), means "defeat", "overwhelm", "outdo" and "overcome".
  • Besättning/personal/rekrytering, personalbesättning. Neutral, standard-nonstandard. Means staff/crew/recuitment and can be used as non-male-generalizing alternatives for bemanning ("manning").
  • B’nai mitzva (plural neutral/plural masculine, standard), b'nei mitzva (neutral, “child of God's commandments”, less use), b mitzva (neutral, informal shorthand, less use). Gender-neutral alternatives to bat mitzvah and bar mitzvah.
  • Cowhand. Neutral English loanword as alternative for cowboy and cowgirl.
  • Du, hörru, sörru, ni, hörrni, sörruni, folk, vännen, vän(ner), kamrat, älskling (sarcastic), homie, bestie, kiddo, yo, ey, sib, comrade, baby (sarcastic), human, person, fam, chat, peeps, y'all. Gender-neutral alternatives for informal/playful words and phrases like bror (bro), mannen (the man), girl(s), gal(s), sis, miss, man, dude(s), lad(s), pal(s), mate(s), bro(s), guy(s)/my guy(s).
  • Ehm, this is a Wendy's. Neutral English loanphrase as alternative phrase that replaces sir and ma'am in "Sir/Ma'am, this is a Wendy's." by removing the gendered honorifics.
  • Elvaspelsplan. Neutral, standard. Means eleven-payers-field and can be used as a non-male-generalizing alternative for "elvamannaplan" (eleven-man's-field).
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