decken
See also: Decken
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German decchen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
- to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
- Tischlein deck dich - Wishing-Table (literally: Little table, cover yourself)
- (figuratively) to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to provide news coverage”)
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 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.
- (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
- to lay or set (the table)
- (soccer) to mark
- (reflexive) to be congruent, to coincide
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “decken” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German decken, from Old High German thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Cognate with German decken, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Icelandic þekja.
Pronunciation
Verb
decken (third-person singular present deckt, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) 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 Dutch thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.
Verb
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
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | decken | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | decken | |
| In genitive | deckens | |
| In dative | deckene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | decke | — |
| 2nd singular | decs, deckes | — |
| 3rd singular | dect, decket | — |
| 1st plural | decken | — |
| 2nd plural | dect, decket | — |
| 3rd plural | decken | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | decke | — |
| 2nd singular | decs, deckes | — |
| 3rd singular | decke | — |
| 1st plural | decken | — |
| 2nd plural | dect, decket | — |
| 3rd plural | decken | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| 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
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