Gendersternchen

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See also: Gender-Sternchen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gender (“gender”) +‎ Sternchen (“asterisk”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛndɐˌʃtɛʁnçən/
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Noun

Examples
  • Professor*in (“professor of unspecified gender”)
  • ein*e

Gendersternchen n (strong, genitive Gendersternchens, plural Gendersternchen)

  1. (neologism) asterisk (*) inserted to mark a word as gender-neutral
    Synonym: Genderstern
    • 2020 December 24, Bernd Ulrich, “Das Jahr, in dem die Normalität zu Ende ging”, in Die Zeit‎:
      Die Rückzugsgefechte überkommener Männlichkeit mögen zuweilen spektakulär sein, laut sind sie ohnehin, aber es bleiben Rückzugsgefechte, das Gendersternchen ist das Fanal des untergehenden Patriarchats, alle spüren es, nicht alle mögen es.
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Declension

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

See also

Further reading

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