From en.wiktionary.org:
[Decken]
** German
*** Etymology
From [de], from [de]. Equivalent to [de]. Cognate with [fy], [nl], [en],
[da], [sv].
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[de-verb]
1. to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
2. [de] to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but <u> not </u> “to provide news coverage”)
3. * {{ quote-journal | de | year=2010 | journal=w:Der Spiegel | url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2010-25.html | issue=25/2010 | page=129
|passage=Zudem schrumpfen in Deutschland die Jahrgänge. Das Angebot an
Arbeitnehmern, auch im Top-Bereich, wird bald nicht mehr reichen, um den
Bedarf zu DECKEN.|t=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.}}
1. * [de]
2. [de] to cover (a female animal)
3. to lay or set (the table)
4. [de] to mark
5. [de] to be congruent , to coincide
6. [de] to protect , to guard
**** Conjugation
[de-conj]
**** Derived terms
{{col|de |abdecken |aufdecken |bedecken |eindecken |entdecken |verdecken
|zudecken }}
**** Related terms
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [R:de:UniLeipzig]
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:OpenThesaurus]
** Luxembourgish
*** Etymology
[lb] From [lb], from [lb], from [lb]. Cognate with [de], [nl], [en], [is].
*** Pronunciation
- [lb]
*** Verb
[lb-verb]
1. [lb] to cover
**** Conjugation
[deck]
**** Derived terms
- [lb]
** Middle Dutch
*** Etymology
From [dum], from [dum], from [dum].
*** Verb
[dum-verb]
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
**** Inflection
[deck]
**** Derived terms
- [dum]
- [dum]
- [dum]
- [dum]
- [dum]
**** Descendants
- [nl]
- [li]
*** Further reading
- [ID52513]
- [06305]