platt

See also: Platt and plätt

English

Etymology 1

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.

Noun

platt (plural platts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).
    • 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684:
      3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:platt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.

Noun

platt (countable and uncountable, plural platts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).
    straw platt
    • c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931):
      The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […]

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German plat, blat and Middle Low German plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús). Compare Dutch plat, French plat, Italian piatto, obsolete English plat. Also related to English flat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

platt (strong nominative masculine singular platter, comparative platter, superlative am plattesten)

  1. flat
  2. (of a building or structure, also figurative) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
  3. bromidic, banal
  4. (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
  5. (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck
    • 2023, Helge Schneider, “Der letzte Torero”:
      Ich bin der letzte Torero / Aus einer anderen Zeit / Nachts steig' ich heimlich durch die Stadt / Kein Stier in Sicht / Ich bin platt!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Positive forms of platt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist platt sie ist platt es ist platt sie sind platt
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative platter platte plattes platte
genitive platten platter platten platter
dative plattem platter plattem platten
accusative platten platte plattes platte
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der platte die platte das platte die platten
genitive des platten der platten des platten der platten
dative dem platten der platten dem platten den platten
accusative den platten die platte das platte die platten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein platter eine platte ein plattes (keine) platten
genitive eines platten einer platten eines platten (keiner) platten
dative einem platten einer platten einem platten (keinen) platten
accusative einen platten eine platte ein plattes (keine) platten
Comparative forms of platt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist platter sie ist platter es ist platter sie sind platter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative platterer plattere platteres plattere
genitive platteren platterer platteren platterer
dative platterem platterer platterem platteren
accusative platteren plattere platteres plattere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der plattere die plattere das plattere die platteren
genitive des platteren der platteren des platteren der platteren
dative dem platteren der platteren dem platteren den platteren
accusative den platteren die plattere das plattere die platteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein platterer eine plattere ein platteres (keine) platteren
genitive eines platteren einer platteren eines platteren (keiner) platteren
dative einem platteren einer platteren einem platteren (keinen) platteren
accusative einen platteren eine plattere ein platteres (keine) platteren
Superlative forms of platt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am plattesten sie ist am plattesten es ist am plattesten sie sind am plattesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative plattester platteste plattestes platteste
genitive plattesten plattester plattesten plattester
dative plattestem plattester plattestem plattesten
accusative plattesten platteste plattestes platteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der platteste die platteste das platteste die plattesten
genitive des plattesten der plattesten des plattesten der plattesten
dative dem plattesten der plattesten dem plattesten den plattesten
accusative den plattesten die platteste das platteste die plattesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein plattester eine platteste ein plattestes (keine) plattesten
genitive eines plattesten einer plattesten eines plattesten (keiner) plattesten
dative einem plattesten einer plattesten einem plattesten (keinen) plattesten
accusative einen plattesten eine platteste ein plattestes (keine) plattesten

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “platt” in Duden online
  • “platt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • plat (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle High German blat.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈplat/
    • Rhymes: -at
    • Syllabification: platt
    • Homophone: Platt

    Adjective

    platt (comparative platter, superlative plattest)

    1. flat; flattened
      Synonym: flach
      Er hod en platter Kopp.
      He has a flat head.
      Das is ganz platt.
      That is entirely flattened.

    Declension

    Declension of platt (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    weak inflection nominative platt platt platt platte
    accusative platte platt platt platte
    dative platte platte platte platte
    strong inflection nominative platter platte plattes platte
    accusative platte platte plattes platte
    dative plattem platter plattem platte
    • abplatte
    • Platt
    • Plattdeitsch
    • plattdricke
    • plattmache
    • Plattworrem
    • plette
    • Schallplatt

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “platt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 124, column 2

    Luxembourgish

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German plat, a borrowing from Old French plat (whence French plat), from Vulgar Latin *plattus. Cognate with German platt, Dutch plat.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plɑt/
    • Rhymes: -ɑt
    • Audio:(file)

    Adjective

    platt (masculine platten, neuter platt, comparative méi platt, superlative am plattsten)

    1. flat

    Declension

    Declension of platt
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative hien ass platt si ass platt et ass platt si si(nn) platt
    nominative /
    accusative     		attributive and/or after determiner platten platt platt platt
    independent without determiner plattes platter
    dative after any declined word platten platter platten platten
    as first declined word plattem plattem

    Maltese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-
    Proto-Indo-European *-us
    Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂usder.
    Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
    Vulgar Latin *plattus
    Italian piattobor.
    ▲
    Italian piattobor.
    Sicilian piattubor.
    ▲
    English plateinflu.?
    Maltese platt

      Borrowed from Italian piatto and/or Sicilian piattu, possibly influenced by English plate.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /plat/
      • Rhymes: -at

      Noun

      platt m (plural platti)

      1. plate, dish
        platt ċatt ― shallow plate
        platt fond ― soup plate

      Swedish

      Etymology

      From German platt.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /platː/
      • Audio:(file)

      Adjective

      platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

      1. flat
        platt som en pannkaka
        flat as a pancake

      Declension

      Inflection of platt
      Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
      common singular platt plattare plattast
      neuter singular platt plattare plattast
      plural platta plattare plattast
      masculine plural2 platte plattare plattast
      Definite positive comparative superlative
      masculine singular3 platte plattare plattaste
      all platta plattare plattaste

      1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
      2 Dated or archaic.
      3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

      Derived terms

      See also

      Adverb

      platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

      1. entirely, absolutely, at all
        det är platt intet
        that is absolutely nothing, that is nothing at all

      Noun

      platt c

      1. a flat piece of ground

      Declension

      Declension of platt
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite platt platts
      definite platten plattens
      plural indefinite plattar plattars
      definite plattarna plattarnas

      References

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