Platz
Meaning
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- (masculine,strong) square, plaza, piazza
- (masculine,strong) circus
- (masculine,strong) space, room
- (masculine,strong) place, seat, spot, position (precise location someone or something occupies)
- (colloquial,masculine,strong) place, location, site (in general)
- (masculine,strong) spot, place (position in a hierarchy or sequence)
- (masculine,strong) court, field, pitch, course
- (archaic,masculine,strong) village; town; municipality
- (masculine,strong) place (rank in a competition)
Concepts
public square
home position
parade-ground
place for something
same place
one place
audience seating
one’s social position
one’s own place
place to put things
blank space
Synonyms
Raum zum Atmen
Aufbewahrungsort
Aufbewahrungsstelle
freie Zeit
Zuschauerraum
Weißraum
ausbeulen
günstige Gelegenheit
offene Fläche
soziale Stellung
flaches Land
unausgefüllter Raum
Zuschauersitzplatz
eigenen Grenzen
Tabellenplatz
Auffinden
Platz haben
Listenplatz
Standortbestimmung
interplanetarer Weltraum
interplanetarischer Raum
Pl.
Tabellenposition
Aufstellungsort
Baugelände
Baugrundstück
Handlungsspielraum
Ortsangabe
Schlafplatz
Speicherstelle
Standplatz
Stehplatz
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
blatz
Zürich
platz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/plat͡s/
Etymology
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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Sentences
Hast du im Kofferraum 👢 noch Platz für meine Reisetasche ?
Do you still have room for my travel bag in the trunk?
Platz im Riesenslalom von Copper Mountain.
Place in the giant slalom of Copper Mountain.
Anna Hertzsch aus Deutschland belegte den vierzehnten Platz .
Anna Hertzsch from Germany took fourteenth place.
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