platt

Meaning

  1. flat
  2. (also, figuratively) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
  3. bromidic, banal
  4. (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
  5. (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

platt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/plat/
Etymology

In summary

From northern Middle High German plat, blat and Middle Low German plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús). Compare Dutch plat, French plat, Italian piatto, obsolete English plat. Also related to English flat.

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