decken
to uncover
- Past (Präteritum)
- deckte
- Past participle
- gedeckt (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. In its base sense, it refers to covering or providing a surface, but in prefix combinations, it often denotes revealing or uncovering. It is commonly used in phrases like 'den Tisch decken' for literal covering, while 'aufdecken' frequently appears in journalistic contexts regarding secrets or scandals. It is distinct from the irregular verb 'stecken', which often shares similar phonology in inflected forms.
Conjugation
Present
- decke
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- deck
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- deckt
- present, singular, third-person
- decken
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- deckst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- deckte
- past
- deckten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- decktest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- decktet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- decke
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- decken
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- deckest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- decket
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- deckte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- deckten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- decktest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- decktet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gedeckt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gedeckt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gedeckt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gedeckt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gedeckt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gedeckt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gedeckt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gedeckt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde decken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden decken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest decken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet decken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde decken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden decken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest decken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet decken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gedeckt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gedeckt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- deck
- form-of, imperative, singular
- decke
- imperative, second-person, singular
- deckt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gedeckt
- participle, past
- deckend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- decken
- infinitive
Other
- habe gedeckt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gedeckt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gedeckt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gedeckt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gedeckt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gedeckt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gedeckt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gedeckt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gedeckt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- decken werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde decken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden decken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst decken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet decken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird decken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gedeckt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gedeckt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gedeckt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gedeckt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gedeckt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person