Platt
English
Etymology 1
German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch
Proper noun
Platt
- (rare) Plattdeutsch, Low German
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Platt
Etymology 3
English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).
Proper noun
Platt
- A surname.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Central Franconian
Etymology
Noun
Platt n
- (Ripuarian) dialect
- 1986, Hermann Josef Ersfeld, Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het. Eine Pilotstudie zu Josef Ersfelds Totalerfassung des Eitorfer Alt-Dialekts (Schriftenreihe des Heimatvereins Eitorf 1):
- Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het
- Of the old Platt from Eitorf how the great-grandfather has spoken it
- Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het
- 1986, Hermann Josef Ersfeld, Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het. Eine Pilotstudie zu Josef Ersfelds Totalerfassung des Eitorfer Alt-Dialekts (Schriftenreihe des Heimatvereins Eitorf 1):
German
Etymology
Ultimately the same as platt (“flat”), although the motivation seems not to be quite clear; possibly the geographically low areas of Germany as in Niederdeutsch (“Low German”), or else “not elevated, ordinary, simple” speech. Cognate to Dutch plat n (“dialect”), Central Franconian Platt (“dialect”) (Ripuarian), Low German Platt n (“Low German”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Platt n (strong, genitive Platt or Platts, no plural)
- Low German
- (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) a dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one
- Das Platt, das hier gesprochen wird, verstehe ich schlecht.
- I have trouble understanding the dialect spoken around here.
Declension
Usage notes
Most often, Platt is understood to be Low German, because the term Plattdeutsch refers to Low German. However, many West Central German dialects (e.g. in Aachen, Bonn, or Koblenz) are also referred to as Platt (but not as Plattdeutsch).
Synonyms
- (Low German language): Plattdeutsch
- (dialect): Dialekt, Mundart
Related terms
Further reading
Low German
Etymology
Noun
Platt n
- Low German
- up Platt (op Platt) ― in Low German
- Platt snacken (Platt schnacken; cp. platt snacken, platt schnacken), Platt spräken ― to speak Low German
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