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dekken.

to cover

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdɛkə(n)/

  1. to cover

    transitive
    Hij gebruikte een deken om zichzelf te dekken tijdens de koude nacht.

  2. to set (the table)

    transitive
    De tafel is mooi gedekt voor het feest.

  3. to mount and impregnate (a female animal)

    transitive
    De boer liet zijn stier een koe dekken om nakomelingen te krijgen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Equivalent to dak (“roof”) + -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.

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