Pläne

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See also: plane, Plane, pláne, plané, and plañe

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplɛːnə/, ,
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  • Rhymes: -ɛːnə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German plān, plāne, from Latin planum, in part through Old French plaine. Secondarily analysable as plan (level) +‎ -e (noun-forming suffix). The modern umlaut is based on this reanalysis and/or influenced by Modern French plaine.

Noun

Pläne f (genitive Pläne, plural Plänen)

  1. (dated) Synonym of Ebene (level surface, plain, flatland)
    • 1960, Otto Carius, Tiger im Schlamm, 9th revised edition, Saarbrücken, published 2021, page 86:
      Die Pläne zwischen Bahnkörper und Waldrand war vermint, so daß wir Spur fahren und einer den anderen einweisen mußte.
      The plain between the railroad and the forest edge was mined, so we had to drive in each other’s tracks and direct each other.
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Pläne

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Plan