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platt.

flat

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/plat/

  1. flat

  2. completely destroyed, razed to the ground

    also · figuratively

  3. bromidic, banal

  4. very tired, exhausted

    colloquial

  5. astonished, dumbstruck

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Middle High German plat Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattus Old French platbor. Middle High German blat German platt 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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