Gender

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See also: gender and gendèr

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gender. Doublet of Genus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Gender n (strong, genitive Genders, plural Gender)

  1. (sociology) gender, especially as a social category
    • 2022 September 20, Isabella Caldart, “Queerbaiting von Sänger Harry Styles: Keine queere Ikone”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Regenbogenflagge, glitzernde Kleider, Nagellack: Der Sänger Harry Styles spielt mit Gender und Sexualität. Warum das eine Form von Queerbaiting ist.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Gender
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gender die Gender
genitive eines des Genders der Gender
dative einem dem Gender den Gendern
accusative ein das Gender die Gender

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