Feminine
Gebärde
Meaning
- (feminine) gesture (communicative, interpretable motion of the body)
- (feminine) sign (linguistic unit in sign languages)
Concepts
Synonyms
Geste mit der Hand
Motorik
Handzeichen
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯də/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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