gerber
French, verb/ʒɛʁ.be/
gerber is spelled G-E-R-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerber is a French verb meaning “to sheave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en gerbe”.
What does gerber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sheave
- 2
to stack
- 3
slangto puke, to throw up
à gerber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en gerbe. 2. Mettre en tas. 3. Dans un magasin d’usine, mettre en pile des charges (généralement sur des palettes). 4. Superposer des conteneurs sur des wagons construits à cet effet en vue de leur transport sur des lignes où le gabarit en hauteur est suffisamment dégagé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gerber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gerbant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gerbé participle past
- gerbe first-person indicative present
- gerbes indicative present second-person
- gerbons first-person indicative plural
- gerbez indicative plural present
- gerbent indicative plural present
- gerbais first-person imperfect indicative
- gerbait imperfect indicative singular
- gerbions first-person imperfect indicative
- gerbiez imperfect indicative plural
- gerbaient imperfect indicative plural
- gerbai first-person historic indicative
- gerbas historic indicative past
- gerba historic indicative past
- gerbâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerber?
- /ʒɛʁ.be/
- \ʒɛʁ.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerber in French?
gerber appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).