deckst

Deckst is the second-person singular present tense form of the German verb decken. The verb means to cover, to lay a table, or to roof or cover something. It is a common, versatile word used in everyday speech as well as in professional contexts, such as hospitality, construction, and maintenance.

In use, decken typically takes a direct object, such as den Tisch (the table) or das Dach (the roof). For example, Du deckst den Tisch means you lay the table. The same verb can describe literal covering, as in Du deckst das Dach (you cover the roof), and it can appear in broader phrases like die Kosten decken (to cover the costs) in idiomatic settings.

Conjugation in the present tense is as follows: ich decke, du deckst, er deckt, wir decken, ihr deckt, Sie decken. The simple past (Präteritum) forms are ich deckte, du decktest, er deckte, wir deckten, ihr decktet, Sie deckten. The past participle is gedeckt, used with haben to form the present perfect: ich habe den Tisch gedeckt.

Etymology: decken is a traditional Germanic verb with roots in West Germanic languages; it exists in related forms across the Germanic language family, and has stable usage in modern German.

See also: decken, Tisch decken, Dach decken. This article treats deckst as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept or proper noun, and notes its role within the standard German verb system.