Pläne
German, noun
Pläne is spelled P-L-Ä-N-E (5 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pläne is a German feminine noun meaning “synonym of Ebene (“level surface, plain, flatland”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Plan. Without its umlaut, Plane is a different word: “tarpaulin, awning (large sheet of waterproof material used as…”. On this page, plane is a different word: “first-person singular present”.
What does Pläne mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininesynonym of Ebene (“level surface, plain, flatland”)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Plan
noun
- 1
femininetarpaulin, awning (large sheet of waterproof material used as covering)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Decke aus dichtem, meist imprägniertem Gewebe oder aus Kunststoff, vorwiegend zur Abdeckung von Fahrzeugen und Waren, als Sichtschutz und zum Schutz vor Regen und Sonneneinstrahlung
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 Pläne
- Planen plural
- Blache alternative Switzerland
- Plänen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Pläne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pläne in German?
Pläne appears 34 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).