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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by h1d on Monday October 08, 2018 @02:02PM (#18169739)
There's none for singular form.
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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by spiralx on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:57AM (#18175139)
"A person walked down the street. They were wearing a brown coat."

Singular they has been in recorded use since 1375, it's only been the last couple of hundred years people started trying to insist it wasn't valid.

https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...

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