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The German word for blanket is
Decke





blanket

Gender

The gender of Decke is feminine. E.g. die Decke.

Plural

The plural of Decke is Decken.

German Definition


blanket
     Substantiv:
     [1] Decke
     [2] Bettdecke



Translations for blanket and their definitions

Decke
     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
     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
     n. plural of Deck
     v. first-person singular present of decken "I cover"


Wolldecke
     n-f. woollen blanket


Bettdecke
     n-f. a covering that warms the body during sleep; especially a duvet (being the commonest in German-speaking Europe), but also a blanket, coverlet, quilt, etc.
     n-f. bedspread
     n-f. (uncommon, illiterate) bed sheet


Schicht
     n-f. layer, stratum, seam
     n-f. sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint)
     n-f. class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status
     n-f. shift (day's work period)
          shift (the group of people who work a certain shift)
     n-f. stint


allgemein
     adj. general (common, basic, usual), universal


Decken
     n. plural of Decke
     v. to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.)
          Tischlein deck dich - Little table, cover yourself
     v. (figuratively) to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; butnot “to provide news coverage”)
     v. (figuratively) to cover (a female animal)
     v. to lay or set (the table)
     v. (soccer) to mark
     v. to be congruent, to coincide
     v. (chess) to protect, to guard


Lage
     n-f. location, position
     n-f. situation, condition
     n-f. thickness (layer)



umfassend
     Participle. present participle of umfassen
     adj. comprehensive


Verdecken
     n. gerund of verdecken
     n. dative plural of Verdeck
     v. to mask, to hide, to occlude, to obstruct
     v. to cover


zudecken
     v. to cover


durchstreifen
     to roam


allumfassend
     adj. all-embracing
     adj. universal, global



Abdecken
     n. gerund of abdecken
     v. to cover
          Ich muss noch die Leiche abdecken. - Now I have to cover the corpse.
     v. to cover costs
          Das deckt kaum die Kosten ab. - That barely covers the costs.
     v. to uncover, untile
          Der Sturm deckte die Dächer ab. - The storm uncovered the roofs.


pauschal
     adj. in total, in a lump sum, all-inclusive, flat (with units of time, distance, etc.: not exceeding)
     adj. general, undifferentiated


überdecken
     v. to place on top of
     v. to hide (by placing something over it)


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