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 or plot (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 (plural platts)

1. Obsolete spelling of plat (material made by interweaving, especially material made by interweaving straw, used 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, […]

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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

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Adjective

platt (comparative platter, superlative am plattesten)

1. flat
2. (of a building or structure; by extension also of immaterial things) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
3. bromidic, banal
4. (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
5. (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck

Synonyms

• flach

Related terms

• Platt
• Plattfuß
• Platter
• Plattbauchspinne

Further reading

• “platt” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat/

Adjective

platt

1. flat

   Er hod en platter Kopp.

   He has a flat head.

2. flattened

   Das is ganz platt.

   That is entirely flattened.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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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

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

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Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

1. plate (dish)

Related terms

• plattin

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Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platː/

• Audio

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Adjective

platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

1. flat

   platt som en pannkaka

   flat as a pancake

Declension

Inflection of platt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	platt	plattare	plattast
Neuter singular	platt	plattare	plattast
Plural	platta	plattare	plattast
Masculine plural3	platte	plattare	plattast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	platte	plattare	plattaste
All	platta	plattare	plattaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

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

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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	platt	platten	plattar	plattarna
Genitive	platts	plattens	plattars	plattarnas

References

• platt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)