# dek
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* 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)
* (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.

### Etymology 2

From the prefix dec-.

#### Numeral

dek
* 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
* ergative indefinite of de

## Breton
### Etymology

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

### Numeral

dek
* ten

#### See also

* (cardinal number): Previous: nav. Next: unnek

### Mutation
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛk/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* a deck
* a cover
* a surface

##### Derived terms

* achterdek
* 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
* inflection of dekken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdek/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dek

### Numeral

dek
* ten (10)

#### Derived terms

* deko

## Ido
### Etymology

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

### Numeral

dek
* ten (10)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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)
* deck, any raised flat surface that can be walked on
    Synonym: geladak

### Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

#### Preposition

dèk
* (dialect) because of

### Further reading

* “dek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jebero
### Noun

dek
* water

### References

* The Shiwilu classifier system

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုက် (tuik).

### Noun

dek
* depository

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, 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: /dek/, [dɪk]
* Rhymes: -ek

### Adjective

dek (masculine deke̩, feminine deke̩, comparative deke̩r, superlative dekste̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
* thick
* fat, corpulent
* dense
* pregnant
* bloated (of livestock after being fed too much)

#### Derived terms

* Degde̩
* Deke̩
* Dekt

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German dak/dāk

### Noun

dek m ?
* 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: /ˈdɛk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛk
* Syllabification: dek

### Noun

dek m inan
* (nautical) deck (on a ship)
    Synonym: pokład

#### Declension
### Further reading

* dek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dec/

### Postposition

dek (+ dative)
* 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