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Platt

Platt

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Noun.
(Mining)
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Noun.
Raymond.

Definition 2024


Platt

Platt

See also: platt and plätt

English

Proper noun

Platt

  1. (rare) Plattdeutsch, Low German
    • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Platt.

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German. 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” speech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plat/
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

Platt n (genitive Platts, no plural)

  1. (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.

Usage notes

Most often, a Platt is understood to be a Low German dialect, 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).

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platt

platt

See also: Platt and plätt

English

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 examples of usage of 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, []

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -at

Adjective

platt (comparative platter, superlative am plattesten)

  1. flat
  2. bromidic

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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

Adjective

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

  1. flat

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

  1. flat
    platt som en pannkaka
    flat as a pancake

Declension

Inflection of platt
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular platt plattare plattast
Neuter singular platt plattare plattast
Plural platta 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 an attributive role.

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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

Declension

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

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