See also: Bedecken

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bedecken, from Old High German bidecken, bidekken, bithecken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be-decken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɛkən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧de‧cken

Verb

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bedecken (weak, third-person singular present bedeckt, past tense bedeckte, past participle bedeckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to cover
  2. (gamekeeping) to make mate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • bedecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bedecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bedecken” in Duden online
  • bedecken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch bithekken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan. Equivalent to be-decken.

Verb

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bedecken

  1. to cover
  2. to hide, to conceal
  3. to keep secret

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: bedekken
  • Limburgish: bedèkke

Further reading

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