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, […]

Etymology 3

Noun

platt (plural platts)

1. (Cornwall, obsolete) A marketplace.

Anagrams

• ALTTP

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle High German plat

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us

Proto-Hellenic *plətús

Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.

Vulgar Latin *plattus

Old French platbor.

Middle High German blat

German platt

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

• flach

Related terms

• Platt
• Platterbse
• Plattfuß
• Platter
• Plattbauchspinne
• Plattwurm

Further reading

• “platt” in Duden online
• “platt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• plat (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German blat.

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

Related terms

• abplatte
• Platt
• Plattdeitsch
• plattdricke
• plattmache
• Plattworrem
• plette
• Schallplatt

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

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

• pjatt (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us

Proto-Hellenic *plətús

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

Related terms

• plattin
• plattina
• plattun

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

• plattfisk
• plattform
• plattfot
• plattpannkaka
• plattysk
• plattång

Related terms

• platta

See also

• flat
• platå

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

• “platt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “platt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “platt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)