Adjective: platt
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | platter |
| feminine | platte |
| neuter | plattes |
| plural | platte |
Genitive
| masculine | platten |
| feminine | platter |
| neuter | platten |
| plural | platter |
Dative
| masculine | plattem |
| feminine | platter |
| neuter | plattem |
| plural | platten |
Accusative
| masculine | platten |
| feminine | platte |
| neuter | plattes |
| plural | platte |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der platte |
| feminine | die platte |
| neuter | das platte |
| plural | die platten |
Genitive
| masculine | des platten |
| feminine | der platten |
| neuter | des platten |
| plural | der platten |
Dative
| masculine | dem platten |
| feminine | der platten |
| neuter | dem platten |
| plural | den platten |
Accusative
| masculine | den platten |
| feminine | die platte |
| neuter | das platte |
| plural | die platten |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein platter |
| feminine | eine platte |
| neuter | ein plattes |
| plural | platten |
Genitive
| masculine | eines platten |
| feminine | einer platten |
| neuter | eines platten |
| plural | platten |
Dative
| masculine | einem platten |
| feminine | einer platten |
| neuter | einem platten |
| plural | platten |
Accusative
| masculine | einen platten |
| feminine | eine platte |
| neuter | ein plattes |
| plural | platten |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | platt |
| Comparative | platter |
| Superlative | am plattesten |
Sample Sentences
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Ich bin der letzte Torero / Aus einer anderen Zeit / Nachts steig' ich heimlich durch die Stadt / Kein Stier in Sicht / Ich bin platt! [2023, Helge Schneider, “Der letzte Torero”:]
Adjectives inflected like platt
seriös,
hemmungslos,
seicht,
kleinkariert,
seelenlos,
rügenswert,
schleierhaft,
defizient,
aalglatt,
bejahrt,
bedeckt,
begehrt,
behaart,
beherzt,
bekifft,
traditionsbewusst,
bekannt,
bekackt,
objektorientiert,
bemoost, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Middle High German plat
3. Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-us
5. Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us
6. Proto-Hellenic *plətús
7. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
8. Vulgar Latin *plattus
9. Old French platbor.
10. Middle High German blat
11. German platt
12. 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. See: Dutch Adjectives '
plat', French Adjectives '
plat', Italian Adjectives '
piatto', English Adjectives '
plat', English Adjectives '
flat'.
Verbs referencing "platt"
English Adjectives
plat, Swedish Adjectives
platt.
Translations