Platz
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
blatz
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”).
Related words
public square
home position
Aufbewahrungsstelle
Aufbewahrungsort
Raum zum Atmen
Handlungsspielraum
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