plaetse

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French place.

Noun

plāetse or plâetse f

1. courtyard, place
2. square, open area
3. battlefield
4. place, location

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: plaats (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: plaotsj, plaatsj
• → West Frisian: pleats

Further reading

• “plaetse”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “plaetse”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN