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Gebärde

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • 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

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Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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