Vocabulary
decken
· verb
to cover for, to shield (someone); to cover; to lay (the table)
Protecting someone who broke a rule by keeping quiet — and, every day at home, „den Tisch decken“.
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Conjugation
- ich
- decke
- du
- deckst
- er/sie/es
- deckt
- wir
- decken
- ihr
- deckt
- sie/Sie
- decken
Perfekt hat gedecktPräteritum deckte
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
decken
to cover for, to shield (jemanden)
Der Chef hat ihn gedeckt.
The boss covered for him.
Word family
deckendie Deckeblanket; ceilingaufdeckento uncover, to exposedie Deckungcover
Real examples
- Erst auf der Treppe begriff Marie, dass die gefürchtetste Aufseherin Wiens sie soeben gedeckt hatte.Only on the stairs did Marie grasp that the most feared supervisor in Vienna had just covered for her.
- Er hat seinen Kollegen gedeckt und kein Wort gesagt.He covered for his colleague and didn't say a word.
- Kannst du bitte den Tisch decken?Can you lay the table, please?
