German verb · CEFR A2
decken
Meaning in English: to cover, to set (the table)
Example
Kannst du bitte den Tisch decken?
Can you set the table, please?
How common is decken?
decken is number 3,838 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 46,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,834der Bildschirmscreen, monitor
- 3,835die Quellesource, spring
- 3,836teilzunehmento take part (zu-infinitive)
- 3,837der Westwest
- 3,838deckento cover, to set (the table)
- 3,839mietento rent
- 3,840der Ruhestandretirement
- 3,841der Rufreputation, call
- 3,842die Missionmission
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