platt

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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,

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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:(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 (lyrics and music), “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)

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Further reading

  • platt” in Duden online
  • platt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • plat (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

    From Middle High German blat, borrowed from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us.[1]

    Pronunciation

    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)
    masculine feminine neuter plural
    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

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “platt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 124, column 2

    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

    Adjective

    platt (masculine platten, neuter platt, comparative méi platt, superlative am plattsten)

    1. flat

    Declension

    Maltese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian piatto and/or Sicilian piattu, probably influenced by English plate.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    platt m (plural platti)

    1. plate, dish
      platt ċattshallow plate
      platt fondsoup plate

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From German platt.

    Pronunciation

    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.

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    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

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