See also: gebaren and Gebaren

German

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)

  1. (intransitive) to give birth; referring to labour, or to labour and pregnancy as a whole
  2. (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

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit
  • gebären” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gebären” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gebären” in Duden online
  • gebären” in OpenThesaurus.de