gebärden
German, verb
gebärden is spelled G-E-B-Ä-R-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebärden is a German verb meaning “to have (some) demeanour, to behave outwardly; possibly implying that such behaviour is insincere, but any rate that it is public” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gebärden is a different word: “plural of Gebärde”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf eine bestimmte (außergewöhnliche) Weise verhalten”.
What does gebärden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have (some) demeanour, to behave outwardly; possibly implying that such behaviour is insincere, but any rate that it is public
Er gebärdet sich wie ein Vollasi.
- 2
to sign; to communicate using sign language
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Gebärde
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich auf eine bestimmte (außergewöhnliche) Weise verhalten 2. Gebärdensprache verwenden
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 gebärden
- gebärdet present singular third-person
- gebärdete past
- haben auxiliary
- gebärdend participle present
- gebärde first-person indicative present
- gebärdest indicative present second-person
- gebärdeten first-person indicative plural
- gebärdetest indicative preterite second-person
- gebärdetet indicative plural preterite
- gebärd imperative second-person singular
- habe gebärdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebärdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gebärd! imperative singular
- gebärde! imperative singular
- gebärdet! imperative plural
- sich gebärden reflexive infinitive present
- sich zu gebärden reflexive infinitive present
- sich gebärdet haben reflexive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gebärden in German?
gebärden appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).