dekken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛkə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dek‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛkən
Verb
dekken
- (transitive) to cover
- Hij gebruikte een deken om zichzelf te dekken tijdens de koude nacht.
- He used a blanket to cover himself during the cold night.
- (transitive) to set (the table)
- De tafel is mooi gedekt voor het feest.
- The table is nicely set for the party.
- (transitive) to mount and impregnate (a female animal)
- De boer liet zijn stier een koe dekken om nakomelingen te krijgen.
- The farmer had his bull mount and impregnate a cow to get offspring.
Inflection
| Inflection of dekken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dekken | |||
| past singular | dekte | |||
| past participle | gedekt | |||
| infinitive | dekken | |||
| gerund | dekken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dek | dekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dekt | dekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dekt | dekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dekt | dekte | ||
| 3rd person singular | dekt | dekte | ||
| plural | dekken | dekten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dekke | dekte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dekken | dekten | ||
| imperative sing. | dek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dekt | |||
| participles | dekkend | gedekt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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