gendern
German, verb
gendern is spelled G-E-N-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gendern is a German verb meaning “to use gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language (in or upon a text, a language, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gendern is a different word: “gerund of gendern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschlechtsneutrale oder geschlechterambivalente Formulierungen wählen; das Gender-Mainstreaming auf Sprache…”.
What does gendern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language (in or upon a text, a language, etc)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of gendern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. geschlechtsneutrale oder geschlechterambivalente Formulierungen wählen; das Gender-Mainstreaming auf Sprache anwenden
noun: 1. Gebrauch von Formulierungen zur vermeintlich sprachlichen Gleichbehandlung der Geschlechter, wobei das generische Maskulinum abgelehnt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gendern
- gendert present singular third-person
- genderte past
- gegendert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- gendernd participle present
- gendre first-person indicative present
- gendere first-person indicative present
- gender first-person indicative present
- genderst indicative present second-person
- genderest second-person singular subjunctive
- gendrest second-person singular subjunctive
- genderet plural second-person subjunctive
- gendret plural second-person subjunctive
- genderten first-person indicative plural
- gendertest indicative preterite second-person
- gendertet indicative plural preterite
- gendere! imperative singular
- gendert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gendern in German?
gendern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).