decken.
to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
Meaning & usage
to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
Tischlein deck dich
to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to provide news coverage”)
to cover (a female animal)
to lay or set (the table)
to mark
to be congruent, to coincide
to protect, to guard
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German decken, from Old High German decchen, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan. Equivalent to Dach + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Danish tække, Swedish täcka.
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