flach
German, adjective/flaχ/
flach is spelled F-L-A-C-H (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flach is a German adjective meaning “shallow (wide and not deep)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne größere Erhebungen und Vertiefungen”.
What does flach mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shallow (wide and not deep)
flaches Wasser
- 2
flat (wide and not high)
ein flacher Kuchen
- 3
not steep; having little slope; comparatively plane and level
ein flaches Bergplateau
- 4
shallow, vapid (lacking intellectual or spiritual depth, refinement)
ein flacher Witz / ein Flachwitz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne größere Erhebungen und Vertiefungen 2. von geringem intellektuellen Wert/Inhalt 3. von Gewässern oder von geringer Tiefe 4. gering oder nicht ansteigend oder abfallend
suffix: 1. bezeichnet einen Körper, der von einer bestimmten Anzahl oder Art von ebenen Flächen begrenzt wird
noun: 1. Stelle im Meer oder einem Fließgewässer, die nicht sehr tief ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flach
- flacher masculine nominative singular
- am flachsten superlative
- flache feminine nominative singular
- flaches neuter nominative singular
- flachen genitive masculine singular
- flachem dative masculine singular
- der flache definite includes-article masculine
- die flache definite feminine includes-article
- das flache definite includes-article neuter
- die flachen definite includes-article nominative
- des flachen definite genitive includes-article
- der flachen definite feminine genitive
- dem flachen dative definite includes-article
- Flache nominative plural
- Flaches genitive singular
- Flachs genitive singular
- Flachen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flach?
- /flaχ/
- [flax]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flach
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flach in German?
flach appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).