dækket

Dækket is a Danish word with multiple related meanings. Primarily it is the past participle of the verb dække, meaning “covered.” As an adjective, dækket describes something that has been covered or obscured, as in a sky that is dækket af skyer (the sky is covered by clouds) or a surface dækket af sne (covered with snow).

In addition, dækket functions as a noun in nautical and architectural contexts. In naval language, dækket refers to the deck of a ship—the horizontal, walkable surface on which crew and passengers stand. The phrase på dækket is used to say “on the deck.” The term can also denote the upper floor or a flat, walkable surface in other settings, though its primary association is with ships.

Morphology and usage notes are straightforward. Dækket is the definite form and is capitalized only at the beginning of sentences, like other Danish words. It derives from the verb dække, which means to cover; the form dækket is a common way to express that something has been covered or that a deck exists in nautical speech.

Etymologically, the word traces back to the basic verb dække and has broadened in everyday Danish to include both the descriptive sense “covered” and the technical sense of a ship’s deck. In standard usage, dækket is read from context to determine whether it means “covered” or “the deck.”