platt
German, adjective
platt is spelled P-L-A-T-T (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written German, the 8,702nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Platt is a German adjective meaning “flat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Platt is a different word: “Low German”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erhebung, in die Breite gehend”.
What does platt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flat
- 2
completely destroyed, razed to the ground
- 3
bromidic, banal
- 4
colloquialvery tired, exhausted
- 5
colloquialastonished, dumbstruck
noun
- 1
neuterLow German
- 2
neutera dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Erhebung, in die Breite gehend 2. ohne Luft 3. sehr erschöpft 4. weder geistvoll noch geistreich
noun: 1. Niederdeutsch, Plattdeutsch 2. auch allgemein für Dialekt
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 platt
- platter masculine nominative singular
- am plattesten superlative
- platte feminine nominative singular
- plattes neuter nominative singular
- platten genitive masculine singular
- plattem dative masculine singular
- der platte definite includes-article masculine
- die platte definite feminine includes-article
- das platte definite includes-article neuter
- die platten definite includes-article nominative
- des platten definite genitive includes-article
- der platten definite feminine genitive
- dem platten dative definite includes-article
- Platts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to platt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is platt in German?
platt appears 7.8 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).