bedekken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedecken, from Old Dutch bithekken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- +‎ dekken. Cognate with English bethatch and English bedeck, German bedecken, Swedish betäcka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɛkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧dek‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛkən

Verb

bedekken

1. (transitive) to cover, bedeck.

Inflection

Conjugation of bedekken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	bedekken
past singular	bedekte
past participle	bedekt
infinitive	bedekken
gerund	bedekken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bedek	bedekte
2nd person sing. (jij)	bedekt	bedekte
2nd person sing. (u)	bedekt	bedekte
2nd person sing. (gij)	bedekt	bedekte
3rd person singular	bedekt	bedekte
plural	bedekken	bedekten
subjunctive sing.1	bedekke	bedekte
subjunctive plur.1	bedekken	bedekten
imperative sing.	bedek
imperative plur.1	bedekt
participles	bedekkend	bedekt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• bedekking