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English
Etymology 1
From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.
Noun
platt (plural platts)
- Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).
- 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684:
- 3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:platt.
- 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684:
Etymology 2
From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.
Noun
platt (countable and uncountable, plural platts)
- Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).
- straw platt
- c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931):
- The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […]
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German
Etymology
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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Adjective
platt (strong nominative masculine singular platter, comparative platter, superlative am plattesten)
- flat
- (of a building or structure, also figurative) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
- bromidic, banal
- (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
- (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck
- 2023, Helge Schneider, “Der letzte Torero”:
- Ich bin der letzte Torero / Aus einer anderen Zeit / Nachts steig' ich heimlich durch die Stadt / Kein Stier in Sicht / Ich bin platt!
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Related terms
- Platt
- Platterbse
- Plattfuß
- Platter
- Plattbauchspinne
- Plattwurm
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