gebärden

German

Etymology

Gebärde +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛ(ː)rdən/, [ɡəˈbɛ(ː)ɐ̯.dn̩], [-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]).
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧bär‧den

Verb

gebärden (weak, third-person singular present gebärdet, past tense gebärdete, past participle gebärdet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to have (some) demeanour, to behave outwardly; possibly implying that such behaviour is insincere, but any rate that it is public
    Er gebärdet sich wie ein Vollasi.
    He behaves like a total chav.
    Ein Architekt sollte sich nicht wie ein Künstler gebärden.
    An architect should not pretend to be an artist.
  2. (intransitive) to sign; to communicate using sign language

Conjugation

References

  • gebärden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache