gebaar

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χəˈbɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Dutch gebaren, from Middle Dutch gebaren.

Verb

gebaar (present gebaar, present participle gebarende, past participle gebaar)

1. (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)

1. gesture (act of gesticulating)
2. gesture (act or token of appreciation or lack thereof)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈbaːr/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧baar
• Rhymes: -aːr

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)

1. gesture (act of gesticulating) [from early 18th c.]
2. gesture (act or token of appreciation or lack thereof)
3. (obsolete) movement, motion

   Synonym: beweging

4. (obsolete) appearance

   Synonym: uiterlijk

5. (obsolete) uproar, tumult

   Synonyms: misbaar, rumoer, tumult

Derived terms

• gebarentaal

Related terms

• gebaarde
• misbaar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gebaar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gebaar

1. inflection of gebaren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative