There's two types of gender-neutral nouns in German being used: - apprehending markers like -*in, -_in, -In [1] - forming a gerund from a verb describing the

There's two types of gender-neutral nouns in German being used: - apprehending markers like -*in, -_in, -In [1] - forming a gerund from a verb describing the activity e.g. the word "Bäcker" - engl. "baker" - could be written as "Bäcker*in" or "Backende" (from "backen", the verb), depending on the speaker. Note that the gerund form eliminates conveying info about gender, unlike an "universal" marker like *in. [1] for plural forms, those are expanded to -*innen, -_innen and -Innen