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Dutch
Verb
dekke
- (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)
- cover
- surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)
Derived terms
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)
- to cover
- to darken
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dekke n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekke, definite plural dekka)
- cover
- surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)
Derived terms
Verb
dekke (present tense dekker, past tense dekte, past participle dekt, passive infinitive dekkast, present participle dekkande, imperative dekk)
- Alternative form of dekkja
References
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian thekka, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan.
Verb
dekke
- to cover
Inflection
- Variant past-tense 1st: duts
- Variant past-tense 2nd: dutst
- Variant past-tense 3rd: duts
- Variant past plural: dutsen
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011