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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you sure? I think for plural it would be ärzt*innen, without the e, but i'm no expert

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean there are no formal rules on how to form a gender neutral noun yet afaik, but what you stated is the form that would be used most commonly. Ärzte'innen is definitely nothing that I've seen so far, especially with the ' character. Usually * or : is used

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I tried using the * but then my text just went bold so yeah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Could be i wasn't sure about that one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're right but tbh I think it's so silly that using* stars has become the defacto politically correct way to address gendering in the first place. It's such an eyesore

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you use it, I much prefer a :, like Arbeiter:innen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

There's also the Binnen-I, like ArbeiterInnen

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still dumb. When we're at a point where we have to butcher our language with asterisks and colons to please Karens we've gotta admit that the language itself is heavily flawed.

Turns out English and Asian languages without gendered pronouns are simply superior

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

please Karens

what do you mean by that?

gotta admit that the language itself is heavily flawed

Are you proposing to get rid of the German language because it is flawed, instead of adapting it? First time i heard that idea