dek

See also: -dék

Translingual

Etymology

From English Dek.

Symbol

dek

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Dek.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story.

Alternative forms

• deck

Noun

dek (plural deks)

1. (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.

Etymology 2

From the prefix dec-.

Numeral

dek

1. The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ↊, decimal value 10.

See also

• roneat dek

Anagrams

• EDK, KDE, KED, ked

Basque

Noun

dek

1. ergative indefinite of de

Breton

Breton numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: dek     Ordinal: dekvet     Ordinal abbreviation: 10vet

Etymology

From Middle Breton dek, from Old Breton dec, from Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

dek

1. ten

Mutation

Mutation of dek

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
dek	zek	unchanged	tek	tek

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Equivalent to a deverbal from dekken.

Noun

dek n (plural dekken, diminutive dekje n)

1. a deck
2. a cover
3. a surface

Derived terms

• achterdek
• alle hens aan dek
• benedendek
• campagnedek
• dekknecht
• halfdek
• hoofddek
• lidodek
• onderdek
• scheepsdek
• sneeuwdek
• vliegdek
• voordek
• wegdek
• zadeldek
• zonnedek

Related terms

• deken
• dekken

Descendants

• → Indonesian: dek (“deck”)
• → Papiamentu: dèk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dek

1. inflection of dekken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Further reading

• “dek” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Esperanto

Esperanto numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: dek     Ordinal: deka     Adverbial: deke     Multiplier: dekobla, dekopa     Fractional: dekona, dekono

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Hellenic *dékə

Ancient Greek δέκα (déka)der.

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Italic *dekəm

Latin decemder.

Esperanto dek

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dek/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -ek
• Syllabification: dek

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Derived terms

• deko

Ido

Ido numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: dek     Ordinal: dekesma     Adverbial: dekfoye     Multiplier: dekopla     Fractional: dekima

Etymology

From Esperanto dek, from Latin decem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛk]
• Hyphenation: dèk

Etymology 1

From Dutch dek (“deck”), from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch dekken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Noun

dèk (plural dek-dek)

1. deck, any raised flat surface that can be walked on

   Synonym: geladak

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Preposition

dèk

1. (dialect) because of

Further reading

• “dek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Jebero

Noun

dek

1. water

References

• The Shiwilu classifier system

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုက် (tuik).

Noun

dek

1. depository

References

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• dik (Veldeke spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta form)
• diek (Veldeke spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dicke, from Old Dutch *thicki, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dek/, [dɪk]
• Rhymes: -ek

Adjective

dek (masculine deke̩, feminine deke̩, comparative deke̩r, superlative dekste̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. thick
2. fat, corpulent
3. dense
4. pregnant
5. bloated (of livestock after being fed too much)

Derived terms

• Degde̩
• Deke̩
• Dekt

Livonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdek/, [ˈdekː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German decke.

Noun

dek

1. cloth for covering; blanket, quilt, etc.

Declension

Declension of dek (61)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	dek	dekīd
genitive (genitīv)	dek	dekīd
partitive (partitīv)	dekkõ	dekīdi
dative (datīv)	dekkõn	dekīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	dekkõks	dekīdõks
illative (illatīv)	dekkõ	dekīž
inessive (inesīv)	deksõ	dekīs
elative (elatīv)	dekstõ	dekīst

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German deck.

Noun

dek

1. (nautical) deck

   Synonym: kǭņtš

Declension

Declension of dek (61)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	dek	dekīd
genitive (genitīv)	dek	dekīd
partitive (partitīv)	dekkõ	dekīdi
dative (datīv)	dekkõn	dekīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	dekkõks	dekīdõks
illative (illatīv)	dekkõ	dekīž
inessive (inesīv)	deksõ	dekīs
elative (elatīv)	dekstõ	dekīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “dek”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Lower Tanana

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəkʼ. Cognate with Ahtna dicʼ.

Root

dek

1. to shoot an arrow
2. to write

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	diyh	dek	deyh	diyh
Durative	dek	dek	dek	dek
Semelfactive	deyh	deyh	deyh	deyh
Continuative	dek	dek	dek	dek
Conative	diyh	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ch'eteɬdeyh (“he/she is shooting something”)
• deneldegi, ndeneldegi (“book”)
• kenak ndenadledegi (“written language”)
• ndeneldegi ninolyayhde (“post office”)
• ndeneldegi notelyayenh (“mail carrier”)
• neldegi (“pencil”)
• neyedeneɬdek (“he/she is writing it”)
• teldeyi (“water arrow”)
• xwɬdeyh (“he/she keeps shooting arrows”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 117-118

Etymology 2

Stem

dek

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Perambulative	datl (plural go)		datl (plural go)	datl (plural go)
Customary	datl (plural go)	datl (plural go)	datl (plural go)	datl (plural go)

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German dak/dāk

Noun

dek m ?

1. roof

References

• Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “dek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 102
• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “dek”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 51
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Dek”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 163

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Deck, from Dutch dek, from Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: dek

Noun

dek m inan

1. (nautical) deck (on a ship)

   Synonym: pokład

Declension

Declension of dek

	singular	plural
nominative	dek	deki
genitive	deku	deków
dative	dekowi	dekom
accusative	dek	deki
instrumental	dekiem	dekami
locative	deku	dekach
vocative	deku	deki

Further reading

• dek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دك, from Proto-Turkic *teg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dec/

Postposition

dek (+ dative)

1. until, till, up to

   Synonym: değin

   Ölene dek birlikte olacak mıyız? ― Are we going to be together until we die?

   Eve dek tutman gerekecek. ― You will need to hold it up until we reach home

Related terms

• değin
• değmek
• değnek
• denk
• teğet
• teğmen