Decke
German, noun
Decke is spelled D-E-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,521st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decke is a German feminine noun meaning “any cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Deck. In lower case, decke is a different word: “present first-person singular of decken "I cover"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschlossene Oberfläche”.
What does Decke mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc.
Tischdecke
- 2
feminineceiling (surface at the upper limit of a room or cavity)
Mir fällt die Decke auf den Kopf.
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Deck
verb
- 1
present first-person singular of decken "I cover"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geschlossene Oberfläche 2. großes, wärmendes Stück Stoff 3. obere Begrenzung eines Raumes beziehungsweise das die Basis für ein Stockwerk bildende tragende Bauelement 4. Fell von Wildtieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Decke
- Decken plural
- Deckchen diminutive neuter
- Decklein diminutive neuter
- Deckerl diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Decke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Decke in German?
Decke appears 23 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).