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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯də/
Hyphenation: Ge‧bär‧de
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Noun

Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden)

any gesture of the body
(sign language) a gesture used in sign language

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

Derived terms

gebärden, Gebärdenspiel, Gebärdensprache, Demutsgebärde, Drohgebärde

References

Gebärde in Duden online

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