dekke

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Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

dekke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dekken

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the verb.

Noun[edit]

dekke n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekker, definite plural dekka or dekkene)

  1. cover
  2. surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From German Low German dekken.

Verb[edit]

dekke (imperative dekk, present tense dekker, passive dekkes, simple past dekka or dekket or dekte, past participle dekka or dekket or dekt, present participle dekkende)

  1. to cover
  2. to darken
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

dekke n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekke, definite plural dekka)

  1. cover
  2. surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)

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Verb[edit]

dekke (present tense dekker, past tense dekte, past participle dekt, passive infinitive dekkast, present participle dekkande, imperative dekk)

  1. Alternative form of dekkja

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West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian thekka, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan.

Verb[edit]

dekke

  1. to cover

Inflection[edit]

Strong
infinitive dekke
3rd singular past diek
past participle dutsen
infinitive dekke
long infinitive dekken
gerund dekken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular dek diek
2nd singular dekst diekst
3rd singular dekt diek
plural dekke dieken
imperative dek
participles dekkend dutsen
  • Variant past-tense 1st: duts
  • Variant past-tense 2nd: dutst
  • Variant past-tense 3rd: duts
  • Variant past plural: dutsen

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Further reading[edit]

  • dekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011