• Flumsy@feddit.de
    4·
    1 year ago

    Why not just use the generic plural form (Bürger) as people always have? It has always been used for mixed groups so why shouldnt it continue to? And sometimes it doesnt even work (eg. for “Bauer”. The plurals would be “Bauern” and “Bäuerinnen”.

    • Gilles_D@feddit.de
      3·
      1 year ago

      The problem people have with the Generischer Maskulinum is, that it is exactly that, the male plural form.

      • Flumsy@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        Grammatical genus is not the same as biological gender. Or do people that are biologically neither male nor female need a third plural form?

        • Gilles_D@feddit.de
          11·
          1 year ago

          That would be another advantage if we had a form that clearly eliminates the gender.