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Platte.

flat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈplatə/[ˈpla.tə][-te]Southern, also[-tɛ]

  1. flat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object

    feminine

  2. A flat, fairly large serving plate, or (by extension) the food served on it.

    feminine

  3. Various short forms: clipping of Festplatte (“hard disk”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine · informal

  4. Various short forms: clipping of Schallplatte (“vinyl record, gramophone record”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  5. Various short forms: clipping of Fotoplatte (“photographic plate”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  6. Various short forms: clipping of Druckplatte (“printing plate”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  7. Various short forms: clipping of Grabplatte (“flat gravestone”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  8. Various short forms: clipping of Tischplatte (“tabletop”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  9. Various short forms: clipping of Herdplatte (“stovetop”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  10. Various short forms: clipping of Plattenbau (“prefab apartment building”)

    East · Germany · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine

  11. tectonic plate

    feminine

  12. smooth rock with no hand- or footholds

    feminine

  13. planchet

    feminine

  14. alternative form of Pläte (“bald head”)

    alt-of · alternative · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German platte, from Old High German platta (ca. 900), from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide; flat”). Doublet of Plätte and Pläte.

noun/ˈplatə/[ˈpla.tə][-te]Southern, also[-tɛ]

  1. bivouac; overnight camp

    feminine

  2. A fixed outdoor sleeping place of a person or people of a nomadic group.

    feminine

  3. gang (criminal gang)

    Austria · archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Rotwelsch platt machen, platte machen (“to spend the night outside”), originally “to flee outside”, from Yiddish מאַכן פּליטה (makhn pleyte, “to escape, run away”). פּליטה (pleyte) is from Hebrew פְּלֵטָה (pəlēṭā, “remainder, survivors”). Doublet of Pleite.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.