The University of Cambridge in England is reportedly teaching students in a German class to adopt new gender-neutral versions of plural nouns in a bid to be more inclusive. The university acknowledged ...

BERLIN – Most Germans consider themselves in the vanguard of the gender equality movement. Exhibit A: Their female leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been in power for 13 years. Women's rights ...

The German language is full of male and female nouns. Officials and businesses are tweaking words, including adding asterisks, to make them... Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of ...

All nouns in German are either masculine, feminine or neuter. When you learn that the word for dog is Hund, learn that it’s a masculine noun - der Hund. For masculine nouns der means ‘the’ - der Hund ...

Who learns German and why? And what can governments, institutions and teachers do to ensure that languages are accorded equal importance? We asked Hans-Jürgen Krumm, a professor of German studies and ...

After almost five months of talks since September’s parliamentary elections, a new coalition government has finally come to power in Germany. No doubt, the new administration has lots of catching up ...

HANOVER, Germany — How do you pronounce a word with an asterisk or a colon in the middle? And what's the German word for inclusivity? These are just two questions businesses and organizations in ...