platt
Meaning
- flat
- (also, figuratively) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
- bromidic, banal
- (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
- (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck
Concepts
Synonyms
nichts sagend
wellenlos
fix und foxi
groggy
ausgepowert
außer Fassung
von den Socken
Translations
Frequency
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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