Platt

Meaning

  1. Low German
  2. a dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/plat/
Etymology

In summary

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, simple” speech. Cognate to Dutch plat n (“dialect”), Central Franconian Platt (“dialect”), Low German Platt n (“Low German”)

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