Gebärde

See also: gebærde

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gebærde, from Old High German gibārida, gibāridī (“demeanor, behavior, character”), from Proto-Germanic *gabērijaną, *gabarjaną (“to conduct oneself, behave”); see the related *gaberaną (“to bear, beget”) for more. Cognate with dialectal German Bärde, German Low German Gebarr, Dutch gebaarde, Middle English bærde, beard, beorde (“conduct, bearing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛ(ː)rdə/, [ɡəˈbɛ(ː)ɐ̯.də], [-ˈbɛʁ-], [-ˈbeːɐ̯-]
  • The prescriptive standard has a long vowel, but the short one is also common (apart from the widesprad loss of any phonemic length before [ɐ̯]).
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧bär‧de

Noun

Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden)

  1. gesture (communicative, interpretable motion of the body)
    Synonym: Geste (but only this word in figurative use)
  2. sign (linguistic unit in sign languages)

Declension

Declension of Gebärde [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gebärde die Gebärden
genitive einer der Gebärde der Gebärden
dative einer der Gebärde den Gebärden
accusative eine die Gebärde die Gebärden

Derived terms

Further reading

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