dek

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story.

Alternative forms

• deck

Noun

dek (plural deks)

1. (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.

Etymology 2

From decimal.

Numeral

dek

1. The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ↊, decimal value 10.

See also

• roneat dek

Anagrams

• EDK, KDE, KED, ked

Basque

Noun

dek

1. ergative indefinite of de

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

dek

1. ten

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: nav. Next: unnek

Mutation

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

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• Hyphenation: dek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Equivalent to a deverbal from dekken.

Noun

dek n (plural dekken, diminutive dekje n)

1. A deck.
2. A cover.
3. A surface.

Derived terms

• achterdek
• benedendek
• campagnedek
• dekknecht
• halfdek
• hoofddek
• lidodek
• onderdek
• scheepsdek
• sneeuwdek
• vliegdek
• voordek
• wegdek
• zadeldek
• zonnedek

Related terms

• deken
• dekken

Descendants

• → Indonesian: dek (“deck”)
• → Papiamentu: dèk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dek

1. inflection of dekken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdek/

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• Hyphenation: dek

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Derived terms

• deko

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dek, from Latin decem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

dek

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: dèk

Etymology 1

From Dutch dek (“deck”), from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch dekken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Noun

dèk (first-person possessive dekku, second-person possessive dekmu, third-person possessive deknya)

1. deck, any raised flat surface that can be walked on.

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau .

Preposition

dèk

1. (dialect) because of

Further reading

• “dek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Jebero

Noun

dek

1. water

References

• The Shiwilu classifier system

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုက် (tuik).

Noun

dek

1. depository

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• dik (Veldeke spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta form)
• diek (Veldeke spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dek/,
• Rhymes: -ek

Adjective

dek (masculine deke̩, feminine deke̩, comparative deke̩r, superlative dekste̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. thick
2. fat, corpulent
3. dense
4. pregnant
5. bloated (of livestock after being fed too much)

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dek

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Deck, from Dutch dek, from Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: dek

Noun

dek m inan

1. (nautical) deck (on a ship)

   Synonym: pokład

Declension

Further reading

• dek in Polish dictionaries at PWN