decken

See also: Decken

German

Etymology

Category:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DECKEN

From 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

  1. to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
    Tischlein deck dichWishing-Table (literally, “Little table, cover yourself”)Category:German terms with usage examples#DECKEN
  2. (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.
      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.
      Category:German terms with quotations#DECKEN
    • 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.
      2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, Could rubber from dandelions make tires more sustainable?, in Deutsche Welle (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
      By 1941, the Russian dandelion, Taraxacum koksaghyz, supplied 30% of the USSR's rubber.
      Category:German terms with quotations#DECKEN
  3. (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
  4. to lay or set (the table)
  5. (soccerCategory:de:Football (soccer)#DECKEN) to mark
  6. (reflexiveCategory:German reflexive verbs#DECKEN) to be congruent, to coincide
  7. (chessCategory:de:Chess#DECKEN) to protect, to guard

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • decken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
  • decken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • decken” in Duden online
  • decken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Category:Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DECKENCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DECKEN

From 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

  1. (transitiveCategory:Luxembourgish transitive verbs#DECKEN) to cover

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive decken
participle gedeckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular decken
2nd singular decks deck
3rd singular deckt
1st plural decken
2nd plural deckt deckt
3rd plural decken

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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

  1. to roof, to build/repair a roof
  2. to cover
  3. to protect by covering
  4. to erase, to make invisible
  5. to hide
  6. to keep secret

Inflection

Conjugation of decken (weak)
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
Category:Middle Dutch weak verbs#DECKEN

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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