Meaning

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

blatz

Zürich

Zürich

platz

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/plat͡s/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German plaz, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with English place. Displaced native Old High German zīh (“place, court/village square, market”).

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