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flach.

shallow (wide and not deep)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/flaχ/

  1. shallow (wide and not deep)

    flaches Wasser
    eine flache Vertiefung

  2. flat (wide and not high)

    ein flacher Kuchen
    eine flache Landschaft

  3. not steep; having little slope; comparatively plane and level

    ein flaches Bergplateau
    ein flacher Anstieg

  4. shallow, vapid (lacking intellectual or spiritual depth, refinement)

    figuratively
    ein flacher Witz / ein Flachwitz
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

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