page_title: Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender
section_title: Examples
hierarchical_section_title: Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender / Germanic languages / German / Examples
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Radfahrer*innen absteigen: Aufkleber an einem Hinweisschild in Kiel (Hörnbrücke)
context_page_description: Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender is, in the context of a language having grammatical gender categories, the usage of wording that is balanced in its treatment of the genders in a non-grammatical sense.
  For example, advocates of gender-neutral language challenge the traditional use of masculine nouns and pronouns when referring to two or more genders or to a person or people of an unknown gender in most Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages, often inspired by feminist ideas about gender equality. Gender neutrality is also used when one wishes to be inclusive of people who identify as non-binary genders or as genderless.
context_section_description: The following examples show various approaches for how to express "We need an experienced computer scientist" in a gender-neutral manner.
  Using only the "generic" masculine form:
  Wir brauchen einen erfahrenen Informatiker.
  Using both the masculine and the feminine form:
  Wir brauchen einen erfahrenen Informatiker oder eine erfahrene Informatikerin.
  Wir brauchen eine erfahrene Informatikerin oder einen erfahrenen Informatiker.
  Using slashes:
  Wir brauchen eine/n erfahrene/n Informatiker/in.
  Wir brauchen eine/-n erfahrene/-n Informatiker/-in.
  Emphasizing the suffix -in (considered bad style, but sometimes used):
  Wir brauchen eine erfahrene InformatikerIn;
  sometimes: Wir brauchen eineN erfahreneN InformatikerIn.
  Using the masculine form, with an indication that all officially recognised genders (male, female, diverse) are meant:
  Wir brauchen einen erfahrenen Informatiker (m/w/d).
  Using the Gendergap or the asterisk:
  Wir brauchen eine_n erfahrene_n Informatiker_in.
  Wir brauchen eine*n erfahrene*n Informatiker*in.
caption: This sign, reading "Radfahrer absteigen" (Cyclists, dismount) has been amended with a Gendersternchen to make it gender-neutral.
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