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gebären

German, verb

gebären is a German verb meaning “to give birth; referring to labour, or to labour and pregnancy as a whole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Gebaren is a different word: “behaviour (UK) / behavior (US), conduct”. Without its umlaut, gebaren is a different word: “first/third-person plural preterite of gebären”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Kind zur Welt bringen”.

What does gebären mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to give birth; referring to labour, or to labour and pregnancy as a whole

  2. 2

    to give birth to; to bear

noun

as Gebaren
  1. 1

    neutergerund of gebaren

  2. 2

    neuterbehaviour (UK) / behavior (US), conduct

verb

as gebaren
  1. 1

    first/third-person plural preterite of gebären

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ein Kind zur Welt bringen 2. hervorbringen

noun: 1. durch bestimmte Besonderheiten gekennzeichnetes Verhalten

verb: 1. ein (besonderes) Benehmen oder Verhalten zeigen 2. etwas auf eine bestimmte Art und Weise behandeln

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of gebären

  • gebiert present singular third-person
  • gebärt present singular third-person
  • gebar past
  • geboren participle past
  • gebäre past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 4 strong
  • gebärend participle present
  • gebierst indicative present second-person
  • gebärst indicative present second-person
  • gebärest second-person singular subjunctive
  • gebäret plural second-person subjunctive
  • gebaren first-person indicative plural
  • gebarst indicative preterite second-person
  • gebart indicative plural preterite
  • gebier! imperative singular
  • gebär! imperative singular
  • gebäre! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to gebären

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gebären in German?

gebären appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).