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, 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)

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

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

gebärden, Gebärdenspiel, Gebärdensprache, Demutsgebärde, Drohgebärde