| Decke |
| 1. n-f. any cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc. | |
| Tischdecke - tablecloth | |
| Bettdecke - blanket | |
| unter einer Decke stecken - under a blanket | |
| 2. n-f. ceiling; roof (surface at the upper limit of a room or cavity) | |
| Mir fällt die Decke auf den Kopf - The ceiling is falling on my head | |
| 3. n. plural of Deck | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of decken "I cover" | |
| decken |
| 1. v. to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.) | |
| Tischlein deck dich - Little table, cover yourself | |
| 2. v. (figuratively) to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; butnot “to provide news coverage”) | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) to cover (a female animal) | |
| 4. v. to lay or set (the table) | |
| 5. v. (soccer) to mark | |
| 6. v. to be congruent, to coincide | |
| 7. v. (chess) to protect, to guard | |
