verb#2,776 by frequency
decken
/ˈdɛkən/
to cover; to lay or set
- er/sie/es
- deckt
- past
- deckte
- past participle
- gedeckt
Meanings
- 1
to cover — a roof, with a blanket, etc.
Er erzählt eine neue Lüge, um eine frühere zu decken.
He's telling a new lie to cover a previous one.
Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FR
Muss ich den Tisch decken?
Do I need to set the table?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
to cover — e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to provide news coverage”
- 3
to lay or set — the table
- 4
to cover — a female animalrare
- 5
to markrare
- 6
to be congruent, to coinciderare
- 7
to protect, to guardrare
Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | decke | deckte |
| du | deckst | decktest |
| er/sie/es | deckt | deckte |
| wir | decken | deckten |
| ihr | deckt | decktet |
| sie/Sie | decken | deckten |