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plaats.

place, position

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/plaːts/
  1. place, position

    feminine
  2. a settlement; a town, city, village, hamlet or the like

    feminine
  3. a place, a location in a text

    feminine
  4. Space, especially free space (e.g. volume, area or storage space on a medium)

    feminine
    Deze extensie neemt veel plaats in beslag.
  5. a square, a plaza (paved open space of any size in a town or near a building)

    dialectal · feminine
  6. a farm

    dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch plāetse, from Old French place.

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