Gebärde

== 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”); see the related *gaberaną (“to bear, beget”) for more. Cognate with dialectal German Bärde, German Low German Gebarr, Dutch gebaarde, Middle English bærde, beard, beorde (“conduct, bearing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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]). Hyphenation: Ge‧bär‧de === Noun === Gebärde f (genitive Gebärde, plural Gebärden) gesture (communicative, interpretable motion of the body) Synonym: Geste (but only this word in figurative use) sign (linguistic unit in sign languages) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gebärden, Gebärdenspiel, Gebärdensprache, Demutsgebärde, Drohgebärde === Further reading === “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.