# queer

queer is a German adjective meaning “queer”. Forms: queerer, am queersten.

## Forms

- Comparative: queerer
- Superlative: am queersten

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ queer (not conforming to heterosexual or cisgender norms)
   - Die nachvollziehbare Gegenwehr macht queer zu einer immer verbisseneren Chiffre für eine vermeintlich klar abgegrenzte Identität: anti-rassistisch, anti-kapitalistisch, radikal. QUEER IST UTOPISTISCH. Bin ich queer genug? — The understandable resistance transforms “queer” into an increasingly rigid cipher for a supposedly clearly defined identity: anti-racist, anti-capitalist, radical. QUEER IS UTOPIAN. Am I queer enough?

## Examples

- Ich bin hier, ich bin queer, gewöhn dich daran. — I'm here, I'm queer, get used to it.
- Ich bin queer. — I'm queer.

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