Belgian Dutch reference

dekken

to cover (costs, a risk); to set (the table)

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Dutch as used in Belgium, with separate jij / je, gij / ge and u rows. Alternatives are retained where supplied.

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Indicative

Present

dekken: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI cover costs
jij / jeyou cover costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) cover costs
uyou (formal) cover costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it covers costs
wij / wewe cover costs
jullieyou (plural) cover costs
zij / zethey cover costs

Simple past

dekken: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI covered costs
jij / jeyou covered costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) covered costs
uyou (formal) covered costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it covered costs
wij / wewe covered costs
jullieyou (plural) covered costs
zij / zethey covered costs

Compound past

dekken: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI covered costs; I have covered costs
jij / jeyou covered costs; you have covered costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) covered costs; you (Flemish) have covered costs
uyou (formal) covered costs; you (formal) have covered costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it covered costs; he/she/it has covered costs
wij / wewe covered costs; we have covered costs
jullieyou (plural) covered costs; you (plural) have covered costs
zij / zethey covered costs; they have covered costs

Past perfect

dekken: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had covered costs
jij / jeyou had covered costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) had covered costs
uyou (formal) had covered costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had covered costs
wij / wewe had covered costs
jullieyou (plural) had covered costs
zij / zethey had covered costs

Future

dekken: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will cover costs
jij / jeyou will cover costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) will cover costs
uyou (formal) will cover costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will cover costs
wij / wewe will cover costs
jullieyou (plural) will cover costs
zij / zethey will cover costs

Future perfect

dekken: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have covered costs
jij / jeyou will have covered costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have covered costs
uyou (formal) will have covered costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have covered costs
wij / wewe will have covered costs
jullieyou (plural) will have covered costs
zij / zethey will have covered costs

Future (gaan)

dekken: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to cover costs
jij / jeyou are going to cover costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) are going to cover costs
uyou (formal) are going to cover costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is going to cover costs
wij / wewe are going to cover costs
jullieyou (plural) are going to cover costs
zij / zethey are going to cover costs

Conditional

Conditional

dekken: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would cover costs
jij / jeyou would cover costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) would cover costs
uyou (formal) would cover costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would cover costs
wij / wewe would cover costs
jullieyou (plural) would cover costs
zij / zethey would cover costs

Conditional perfect

dekken: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have covered costs
jij / jeyou would have covered costs
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have covered costs
uyou (formal) would have covered costs
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have covered costs
wij / wewe would have covered costs
jullieyou (plural) would have covered costs
zij / zethey would have covered costs

Imperative

Imperative

dekken: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jecover costs!
gij / gecover costs! (Flemish)
ucover costs! (formal)
julliecover costs! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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