gebären

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gebërn, from Old High German gibëran, from Proto-West Germanic *gaberan, from Proto-Germanic *gaberaną. Cognate with English bear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ɡəˈbeːʁən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: ge‧bä‧ren === Verb === gebären (class 4 strong, third-person singular present gebiert or gebärt, past tense gebar, past participle geboren, past subjunctive gebäre, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to give birth; referring to labour, or to labour and pregnancy as a whole (transitive) to give birth to; to bear ==== Usage notes ==== The 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of the present are traditionally du gebierst, sie gebiert. The regularised forms du gebärst, sie gebärt are equally common in practice. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== entbinden (referring to labour exclusively) ==== Derived terms ==== gebärfreudig Gebärmutter Gebärer Gebärerin === Further reading === “gebären” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gebären” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “gebären” in Duden online “gebären” in OpenThesaurus.de