gebaar
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch gebaren, from Middle Dutch gebaren.
Verb edit
gebaar (present gebaar, present participle gebarende, past participle gebaar)
- (intransitive, transitive) to gesture, to gesticulate
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch gebaar (which see), from Middle Dutch gebare, from Old Dutch gebare.
Noun edit
gebaar (plural gebare)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- Afrikaans: gebaar
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gebaar
- inflection of gebaren: