Overview
- Mike Krüger performed his new song Gender-Jünger on Stefan Raab’s entertainment show on RTL+.
- The lyrics poke fun at gender-inclusive phrasing, urging people to “speak as before” and riffing on forms like Hosenträgerin, Am-Berg-Steigende, and Apothekende.
- He links his stance to his 1968–70s roots, saying equality was understood without changing word endings.
- A hardware-store label reading “Spachtelmasse Innen” helped spark the idea, and he says his wife and her friends now roll their eyes at gendering.
- BILD and FOCUS highlighted the satire and the Raab appearance, and reports so far do not show organized responses from language advocates.