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Gender star
The gender star (German: Genderstern, or diminutive Gendersternchen; lit. 'gender asterisk') is a nonstandard typographic style used by some authors in gender-neutral language in German.
It is formed by placing an asterisk after the stem and appending the feminine plural suffix "-innen". For example, Fahrer ([male] driver, singular & plural) becomes Fahrer*innen (drivers). The gender star makes it possible to refer to all genders while also including non-binary people.
In speech, the gender star is sometimes signalled by a glottal stop.
Alternatives to the gender star include Binnen-I (with medial capital I), the gender gap (where an underscore takes the place of the asterisk) or using inherently gender neutral terms, such as 'people' instead of 'man' or 'woman'.
The gender star was named the German Anglicism of the Year in 2018 by the Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache.
In 2009, the use of the gender star was proposed by Beatrice Fischer and Michaela Wolf of the Centre for Translation Science at the University of Vienna, as an alternative to the gender gap.
The gender star was initially primarily used in universities. In 2012 it was recommended in a guide published by the Fachhochschule Potsdam (Potsdam University of Applied Sciences). In 2013 the Free University of Berlin also recommended its use, as did the University of Cologne in 2014.
It began to spread beyond its use in universities from 2015 onwards, such as in public bodies and government institutions. The gender star has also been used by the German Green Party since 2015, and the Berlin Senate since 2017.
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Gender star
The gender star (German: Genderstern, or diminutive Gendersternchen; lit. 'gender asterisk') is a nonstandard typographic style used by some authors in gender-neutral language in German.
It is formed by placing an asterisk after the stem and appending the feminine plural suffix "-innen". For example, Fahrer ([male] driver, singular & plural) becomes Fahrer*innen (drivers). The gender star makes it possible to refer to all genders while also including non-binary people.
In speech, the gender star is sometimes signalled by a glottal stop.
Alternatives to the gender star include Binnen-I (with medial capital I), the gender gap (where an underscore takes the place of the asterisk) or using inherently gender neutral terms, such as 'people' instead of 'man' or 'woman'.
The gender star was named the German Anglicism of the Year in 2018 by the Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache.
In 2009, the use of the gender star was proposed by Beatrice Fischer and Michaela Wolf of the Centre for Translation Science at the University of Vienna, as an alternative to the gender gap.
The gender star was initially primarily used in universities. In 2012 it was recommended in a guide published by the Fachhochschule Potsdam (Potsdam University of Applied Sciences). In 2013 the Free University of Berlin also recommended its use, as did the University of Cologne in 2014.
It began to spread beyond its use in universities from 2015 onwards, such as in public bodies and government institutions. The gender star has also been used by the German Green Party since 2015, and the Berlin Senate since 2017.
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