dekke

Dutch

Verb

dekke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dekken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb.

Noun

dekke n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekker, definite plural dekka or dekkene)

1. cover
2. surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)

Derived terms

• skydekke
• snødekke
• veidekke

Etymology 2

From German Low German dekken.

Verb

dekke (imperative dekk, present tense dekker, passive dekkes, simple past dekka or dekket or dekte, past participle dekka or dekket or dekt, present participle dekkende)

1. to cover
2. to darken

Derived terms

• avdekke
• dekning
• overdekke
• skogdekt

References

• “dekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dekke n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekke, definite plural dekka)

1. cover
2. surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)

Derived terms

• skydekke
• snødekke
• vegdekke

Verb

dekke (present tense dekker, past tense dekte, past participle dekt, passive infinitive dekkast, present participle dekkande, imperative dekk)

1. Alternative form of dekkja

References

• “dekke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thekka, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan.

Verb

dekke

1. to cover

Inflection

Strong
infinitive	dekke
3rd singular past	diek
past participle	dutsen
infinitive	dekke
long infinitive	dekken
gerund	dekken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	dek	diek
2nd singular	dekst	diekst
3rd singular	dekt	diek
plural	dekke	dieken
imperative	dek
participles	dekkend	dutsen

• Variant past-tense 1st: duts
• Variant past-tense 2nd: dutst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: duts
• Variant past plural: dutsen

Derived terms

• ûntdekke

Further reading

• “dekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011