Platte
German, noun
Platte is spelled P-L-A-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,608th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Platte is a German feminine noun meaning “flat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Plätte is a different word: “iron (for pressing clothes)”. In lower case, platte is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “relativ dünner, flacher und ebener fester Gegenstand, der überall gleich dick ist”.
What does Platte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object
- 2
feminineA flat, fairly large serving plate, or (by extension) the food served on it.
- 3
feminineinformalclipping of Festplatte (“hard disk”)
- 4
feminineclipping of Schallplatte (“vinyl record, gramophone record”)
- 5
feminineclipping of Fotoplatte (“photographic plate”)
- 6
feminineclipping of Druckplatte (“printing plate”)
- 7
feminineclipping of Grabplatte (“flat gravestone”)
- 8
feminineclipping of Tischplatte (“tabletop”)
noun
- 1
femininebivouac; overnight camp
- 2
feminineA fixed outdoor sleeping place of a person or people of a nomadic group.
- 3
Austriaarchaicfemininegang (criminal gang)
noun
- 1
feminineiron (for pressing clothes)
noun
- 1
AustriafeminineA type of flat (cargo) ship.
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relativ dünner, flacher und ebener fester Gegenstand, der überall gleich dick ist 2. Tonträger zur Konservierung von Musikstücken, Kurzform von Schallplatte 3. auch einzelnes Musikstück 4. Festplatte
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 Platte
- Platten plural
- Plätten plural
- Pl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Platte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Platte in German?
Platte appears 17 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).