gebären

See also: gebaren and Gebaren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gebern, from Old High German giberan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaberan, from Proto-Germanic *gaberaną. Cognate with English bear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbɛːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbeːʁən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧bä‧ren

Verb

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

  • 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.

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Further reading

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