decken
German
Etymology
Category:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DECKENFrom Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#DECKENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#DECKEN decken, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#DECKEN decchen, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DECKEN *þakkjan. Equivalent to Dach + -enCategory:German terms suffixed with -en#DECKEN.
Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Danish tække, Swedish täcka.
Pronunciation
Verb
decken (weak, third-person singular present deckt, past tense deckte, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary haben)Category:German lemmas#DECKENCategory:German verbs#DECKENCategory:German weak verbs#DECKENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#DECKENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#DECKENCategory:Pages with entries#DECKENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DECKEN
- to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
- Tischlein deck dich ― Wishing-Table (literally, “Little table, cover yourself”)Category:German terms with usage examples#DECKEN
- (figuratively) to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to provide news coverage”)
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 25/2010, page 129:
- Zudem schrumpfen in Deutschland die Jahrgänge. Das Angebot an Arbeitnehmern, auch im Top-Bereich, wird bald nicht mehr reichen, um den Bedarf zu decken.Category:German terms with quotations#DECKEN
- In addition the age groups are shrinking in Germany. The supply of workers, also in the top region, will soon be no longer sufficient to cover the demand.
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, “Autoreifen aus Löwenzahn - eine ökologische Alternative?”, in Deutsche Welle (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
- Mit dieser Pflanze, Taraxacum koksaghyz, deckte die damalige Sowjetunion bis 1941 ein Drittel ihres Gummibedarfs.Category:German terms with quotations#DECKEN
- (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
- to lay or set (the table)
- (soccerCategory:de:Football (soccer)#DECKEN) to mark
- (reflexiveCategory:German reflexive verbs#DECKEN) to be congruent, to coincide
- (chessCategory:de:Chess#DECKEN) to protect, to guard
Conjugation
| infinitive | decken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | deckend | ||||
| past participle | gedeckt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich decke | wir decken | i | ich decke | wir decken |
| du deckst | ihr deckt | du deckest | ihr decket | ||
| er deckt | sie decken | er decke | sie decken | ||
| preterite | ich deckte | wir deckten | ii | ich deckte1 | wir deckten1 |
| du decktest | ihr decktet | du decktest1 | ihr decktet1 | ||
| er deckte | sie deckten | er deckte1 | sie deckten1 | ||
| imperative | deck (du) decke (du) |
deckt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Related terms
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Category:Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DECKENFrom Middle High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German#DECKEN decken, from Old High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German#DECKEN thecken, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DECKEN *þakkjan. Cognate with German decken, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Icelandic þekja.
Pronunciation
Verb
decken (third-person singular present deckt, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)Category:Luxembourgish lemmas#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish verbs#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#DECKENCategory:Pages with entries#DECKENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DECKEN
Conjugation
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#DECKENCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#DECKEN thecken, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DECKENCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DECKEN *þakkjan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DECKENCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DECKEN *þakjaną.
Verb
deckenCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#DECKENCategory:Middle Dutch verbs#DECKENCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#DECKENCategory:Pages with entries#DECKENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DECKEN
- to roof, to build/repair a roof
- to cover
- to protect by covering
- to erase, to make invisible
- to hide
- to keep secret
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | decken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | deckens | ||||||
| dative | deckene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | decke | — | decke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | decs, deckes | — | decs, deckes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | dect, decket | — | decke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | decken | — | decken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | dect, decket | — | dect, decket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | decken | — | decken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | dec, decke | ||||||
| plural | dect, decket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | deckende | — | |||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “decken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “decken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN