"Sie legt die Decke darüber."

Translation: She puts the blanket over it.

[cayvie]

"Another correct solution:
She lays the blanket fish across it."

what is a blanket fish

[ll_duo]

Just found this on the web:

Definition of BLANKET FISH: manta
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blanket%20fish

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Definition of manta: a square piece of cloth or blanket used in southwestern United States and Latin America usually as a cloak or shawl
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manta?show=0&t=1371717322

[Fabian227203]

Shouldn't it be darauf?
What I understand about this now is that the blanket is hanging in the air above the object, whereas darauf would be directly ontop

[petrenko]

über also has the sense of covering. 'going over sth. 'etw. mit Schokolade überziehen' is to cover sth. with chocolate.

[s-quark]

I have the same question

[ClarkBHM]

Why not "she lays the blanket over"?

[mizinamo]

That seems to be missing something after "over".

[ClarkBHM]

It replied with "She lays the blanket across" which would also have something missing...

[mizinamo]

Agreed. I'll delete that.

[dbayly]

Mistake I think. She is making a bed - at the end "she lays a blanket across" . I see nothing in the German that adds the contextual "it"

[Stefan_Chirila]

Would "cover" be correct instead of blanket?

[Guend1]

I think it should be accepted, because both of them has the same meaning.

[L.Spinosa]

Is that a popular saying?

[FlorinSander]

Why not she puts the blanket above?

[mizinamo]

Because darüber is "over it" -- the da(r)- part is "it" or "that".

[SerafeimGk1]

We use Akkusativ here, right?