gebaren
Meaning
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- (intransitive,transitive) to gesture, to point, to gesticulate
- (intransitive,transitive) to sign (to use sign language)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ge‧ba‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣəˈbaːrə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gebâren, from Proto-West Germanic *gabārijan or *gabārijōn. By surface analysis, ge- + baren.
New
gebaar
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- (neuter) gesture (act of gesticulating)
- (neuter) gesture (act or token of appreciation or lack thereof)
- (neuter,obsolete) movement, motion
- (neuter,obsolete) appearance
- (neuter,obsolete) uproar, tumult
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