ze

Neither he nor she

Ze is a gender-neutral pronoun used in place of he or she, typically by people who identify as nonbinary or genderqueer: Ze went to the store.

It emerged alongside other neopronouns like zie and xe as alternatives to singular they.

The corresponding object form is usually zir or zem: I talked to zir yesterday.

pronoun

they

Not we, but

themThird-person plural object
nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
genderqueerOutside the two-category system

transgender · neo-pronoun · gender-neutral · inclusive · identity · LGBTQ · queer · agender · enby · singular

german

the

Not just any

dieStop being alive
articleWritten piece or grammatical word
definiteClearly established, not vague

feminine · German · dative · genitive · accusative · grammatical · declension · noun · preposition · Deutsch

french

this

Demonstrative for nearness

thatThe other one
demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
informalRelaxed, not official

spoken · colloquial · slang · French · Parisian · casual · contraction · pronunciation · vernacular · argot

accent

the

Not just any

stereotypicalFitting an oversimplified image
comedicRelating to humor
parodySatirical imitation

exaggerated · Hollywood · villain · pronunciation · caricature · mock · impersonation · theatrical · humorous · dialect

Categories

gendergender, male, female, masculine, feminine
pronounsI, me, him, he, my
Scrabble Wordsaa, ax, em, en, er
Cyrillic alphabeta, be, d, e, ef
gender-neutralthey, them, their, themself, singular they
Dutch Pronounsu, we, hem, hun, hen

Opposites

gender specificity

zehe

Male subject pronoun

she · him · her · his · hers

Phrases

religious zealPassionate devotion to faith
missionary zealFervent drive to proselytize
evangelical zealIntense drive to convert
revolutionary zealPassionate drive for drastic change

Family

seize, zeal, seized, zealot, seizes

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G