decken

From Old High German decchen, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkən/, [-kən], [-kŋ̩]

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decken (third-person singular simple 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, 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.

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

• Dach
• Deck
• Decke
• Deckel
• abdecken
• aufdecken
• bedecken
• eindecken
• entdecken
• verdecken
• zudecken

• decken in Duden online

From Middle High German decken, from Old High German thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. 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

• andecken

From Old Dutch thecken, 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

• bedecken
• gedecken
• ontdecken
• verdecken
• voldecken

• Dutch: dekken
• Limburgish: dèkke

• “decken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “decken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929