Gebärde

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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”). Cognate with dialectal German Bärde, German Low German Gebarr, Luxembourgish Gebäerde, Dutch gebaarde, Middle English bærde, beard, beorde (“conduct, bearing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯də/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbeːɐ̯də/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: Ge‧bär‧de

Noun

Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden)

  1. sign (linguistic unit in sign languages)
  2. any gesture of the body

Declension

Declension of Gebärde
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

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