Gebärde
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See also: gebærde
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯də/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈbeːɐ̯də/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ge‧bär‧de
Noun
[edit]Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden)
- sign (linguistic unit in sign languages)
- any gesture of the body
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gebärde [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gebärde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gebärde” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gebärde” in Duden online
- Gebärde on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Gebärde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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