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gedeckt

German, adjective/ɡəˈdɛkt/

gedeckt is spelled G-E-D-E-C-K-T (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedeckt is a German adjective meaning “covered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of decken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in zurückhaltenden, matten, eher dunklen Farbtönen gehalten”.

What does gedeckt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    covered

  2. 2

    laid (of a table)

    ein gedeckter Tisch

  3. 3

    sober (of a color)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of decken

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in zurückhaltenden, matten, eher dunklen Farbtönen gehalten

verb: 1. Partizip Perfekt des Verbs decken

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 gedeckt

  • gedeckter masculine nominative singular
  • am gedecktesten superlative
  • gedeckte feminine nominative singular
  • gedecktes neuter nominative singular
  • gedeckten genitive masculine singular
  • gedecktem dative masculine singular
  • der gedeckte definite includes-article masculine
  • die gedeckte definite feminine includes-article
  • das gedeckte definite includes-article neuter
  • die gedeckten definite includes-article nominative
  • des gedeckten definite genitive includes-article
  • der gedeckten definite feminine genitive
  • dem gedeckten dative definite includes-article
  • ged. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gedeckt?

  • /ɡəˈdɛkt/
  • [ɡəˈdɛkt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gedeckt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gedeckt in German?

gedeckt appears 9.1 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).

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