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דעקן

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Old High German decchen, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Compare German decken.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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דעקן (dekn) (past participle געדעקט (gedekt))

  1. to cover (course material)
  2. to insure
  3. (with הוצאָות (hoytsoes)) to cover expenses

Conjugation

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References

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Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “דעקן”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press