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Gebärde
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gebærde
German
Etymology
From de gmh gebærde, from de goh gibārida, goh gibāridī demeanor, behavior, character, from de gem-pro *gabērijaną, gem-pro *gabarjaną to conduct oneself, behave; see the related gem-pro *gaberaną to bear, beget for more. Cognate with dialectal de Bärde, nds-de Gebarr, nl gebaarde, enm bærde, enm beard, enm beorde conduct, bearing.
Pronunciation
de /ɡəˈbɛ(ː)rdə/ [ɡəˈbɛ(ː)ɐ̯.də] [-ˈbɛʁ-] [-ˈbeːɐ̯-]
The prescriptive standard has a long vowel, but the short one is also common (apart from the widespread loss of any phonemic length before [ɐ̯]).
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Noun
f
gesture communicative, interpretable motion of the body
de Geste but only this word in figurative use
sign linguistic unit in sign languages
Declension
f
Derived terms
de gebärden, de Gebärdenspiel, de Gebärdensprache, de Demutsgebärde, de Drohgebärde
Further reading
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