gebaar
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch gebaren, from Middle Dutch gebaren.
Verb
gebaar (present gebaar, present participle gebarende, past participle gebaar)
- (intransitive, transitive) to gesture, to gesticulate
Etymology 2
From Dutch gebaar (which see), from Middle Dutch gebare, from Old Dutch gebare.
Noun
gebaar (plural gebare)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
gebaar n (plural gebaren, diminutive gebaartje n)
- gesture (act of gesticulating) [from early 18th c.]
- gesture (act or token of appreciation or lack thereof)
- (obsolete) movement, motion
- Synonym: beweging
- (obsolete) appearance
- Synonym: uiterlijk
- (obsolete) uproar, tumult
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Descendants
- Afrikaans: gebaar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gebaar
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