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(to) misgender

German translation: Mit dem falschen Geschlecht anreden

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22:55 Nov 1, 2019
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Social Sciences - Psychology
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: (to) misgender
Definition from Oxford Dictionary:
Verb, transitive. The action of misstating a person's gender, especially of addressing or referring to a transgender person in terms that do not reflect their gender identity.

Example sentence(s):
  • Such a law might have reminded Vlaming that misgendering a transgender child is wrong. CNN
  • "Personally, I've been misgendered many times before. and it can be really demoralizing and just frustrating and that people just assume who you are and then try to make excuses for why they have used the wrong pronoun," said owner of Cocoa and Spice, Jennifer Mowad. NBC29
  • Sam Dylan Finch recounts his experience of being misgendered by doctors after attempting suicide, showing why it's critical that doctors do better for transgender patients. Teen Vogue
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German translation:Mit dem falschen Geschlecht anreden
Definition:
Transidente Personen fühlen sich missverstanden, wenn sie mit dem falschen Geschlecht angeredet werden, d.h. wenn zum Beispiel eine Transfrau als "er" bezeichnet wird.
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4 +2Mit dem falschen Geschlecht anreden
Vera Fleischer
3fehlgendern
Alexandra Hirsch (X)


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Mit dem falschen Geschlecht anreden


Definition from own experience or research:
Transidente Personen fühlen sich missverstanden, wenn sie mit dem falschen Geschlecht angeredet werden, d.h. wenn zum Beispiel eine Transfrau als "er" bezeichnet wird.

Example sentence(s):
  • Lebenspartner*innen müssen sich mit dem falschen Geschlecht anreden lassen. - Queer.de  
Vera Fleischer
Germany
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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Yes  Jutta Mansutti
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fehlgendern


Definition from none found:
None found

Example sentence(s):
  • Absichtliches Fehlgendern. - Blog  

Explanation:
No definition found, but the translation comes closest to the source term 'misgender'.
Alexandra Hirsch (X)
Austria
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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