• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkə

From Middle High German decke, from Old High German theckī, decchī, derived from thecken (modern decken), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Cognate with English deck. Compare analogous Dutch dek. Also related with German Dach, Dutch dak, English thatch.

Decke f (genitive Decke, plural Decken, diminutive Deckchen n)

1. any cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc.

   Tischdecke ― tablecloth

   Bettdecke ― blanket

   unter einer Decke stecken

   to be in cahoots

   (literally, “be under the same blanket”)

2. ceiling (surface at the upper limit of a room or cavity)

   Mir fällt die Decke auf den Kopf

   I am suffering from cabin fever

   (literally, “The ceiling is falling on my head”)

• → Yiddish: דעקע (deke)

• Laken
• Deckung

Decke

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Deck

• “Decke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Decke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Decke” in Duden online
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  Decke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de