gebären
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gebern, from Old High German giberan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaberan, from Proto-Germanic *gaberaną. Cognate with English bear.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈbeːʁən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧bä‧ren
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]infinitive | gebären | ||||
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present participle | gebärend | ||||
past participle | geboren | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gebäre | wir gebären | i | ich gebäre | wir gebären |
du gebierst du gebärst |
ihr gebärt | du gebärest | ihr gebäret | ||
er gebiert er gebärt |
sie gebären | er gebäre | sie gebären | ||
preterite | ich gebar | wir gebaren | ii | ich gebäre1 | wir gebären1 |
du gebarst | ihr gebart | du gebärest1 du gebärst1 |
ihr gebäret1 ihr gebärt1 | ||
er gebar | sie gebaren | er gebäre1 | sie gebären1 | ||
imperative | gebier (du) gebär (du) gebäre (du) |
gebärt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]- entbinden (referring to labour exclusively)
Derived terms
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms derived from Old High German
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