decken
See also: Decken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German decchen, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Equivalent to Dach + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Danish tække, Swedish täcka.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdecken (weak, third-person singular present deckt, past tense deckte, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary haben)
- 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[1], 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.
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, “Autoreifen aus Löwenzahn - eine ökologische Alternative?”, in Deutsche Welle[2] (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 [3] (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
By 1941, the Russian dandelion, Taraxacum koksaghyz, supplied 30% of the USSR's rubber.
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, Could rubber from dandelions make tires more sustainable?, in Deutsche Welle [3] (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
- (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
- to lay or set (the table)
- (soccer) to mark
- (reflexive) to be congruent, to coincide
- (chess) to protect, to guard
Conjugation
editinfinitive | decken | ||||
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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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German decken, from Old High German thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan. Cognate with German decken, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Icelandic þekja.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdecken (third-person singular present deckt, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to cover
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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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
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.
Verb
editdecken
- to roof, to build/repair a roof
- to cover
- to protect by covering
- to erase, to make invisible
- to hide
- to keep secret
Inflection
editWeak | ||
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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
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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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