plan
German, adjective
plan is spelled P-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written German, the 1,164th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plan is a German adjective meaning “planar, flat, level, smooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Plan is a different word: “project”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “völlig eben und glatt”.
What does plan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
planar, flat, level, smooth
- 2
archaicplain, forthright
noun
- 1
masculineproject
- 2
masculineplan (way of procedure)
- 3
masculinetechnical drawing or diagram
- 4
masculinedetailed map
- 5
colloquialmasculineidea, clue (insight or understanding)
- 6
masculineplot
noun
- 1
masculineplain, field
- 2
masculinebattleground, arena
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein durchdachtes Vorhaben, eine Idee oder Vorstellung einer Vorgehensweise 2. Karte oder Landkarte 3. verkleinerte Darstellung eines Gebäudes oder Darstellung eines technischen Teils 4. ebene, weiträumige (Rasen)fläche
adjective: 1. völlig eben und glatt
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 plan
- planer masculine nominative singular
- am plansten superlative
- plane feminine nominative singular
- planes neuter nominative singular
- planen genitive masculine singular
- planem dative masculine singular
- der plane definite includes-article masculine
- die plane definite feminine includes-article
- das plane definite includes-article neuter
- die planen definite includes-article nominative
- des planen definite genitive includes-article
- der planen definite feminine genitive
- dem planen dative definite includes-article
- Plänchen diminutive
- Pläne nominative plural
- Plans genitive singular
- Planes genitive singular
- Plane dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plan in German?
plan appears 74 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).