gebaar

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) gesture (act of gesticulating)
2. (neuter) gesture (act or token of appreciation or lack thereof)
3. (neuter,obsolete) movement, motion
4. (neuter,obsolete) appearance
5. (neuter,obsolete) uproar, tumult

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of gebaren:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of gebaren:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of gebaren:

Hyphenated as

ge‧baar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣəˈbaːr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gebare, from Old Dutch gebare. Equivalent to a deverbal from gebaren. The sense “gesture” is relatively recent and was likely influenced by the sense “movement” and the related, now obsolete term gebaarde.