decken

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkən/, [-kən], [-kŋ̩]

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decken (weak, third-person singular present deckt, past tense deckte, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary haben)

1. to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)

   Tischlein deck dich ― Wishing-Table (literally, “Little table, cover yourself”)

2. (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.

3. (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
4. to lay or set (the table)
5. (soccer) to mark
6. (reflexive) to be congruent, to coincide
7. (chess) to protect, to guard

• Dach
• Deck
• Decke
• Deckel

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

From Middle High German decken, from Old High German thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan. Cognate with German decken, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Icelandic þekja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæken/, [ˈdækən]

decken (third-person singular present deckt, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to cover

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.

• andecken

From Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

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

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	—

• bedecken
• gedecken
• ontdecken
• verdecken
• voldecken

• Dutch: dekken
• Limburgish: dèkke

• “decken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “decken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN