Plattenbau
German, noun/ˈplatn̩ˌbaʊ̯/
Plattenbau is spelled P-L-A-T-T-E-N-B-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plattenbau is a German masculine noun meaning “residental building made with precast concrete slabs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Nachkriegszeit, 2. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts weit verbreiteter Haustyp für Wohnhäuser, bei denen der…”.
What does Plattenbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresidental building made with precast concrete slabs
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Nachkriegszeit, 2. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts weit verbreiteter Haustyp für Wohnhäuser, bei denen der Baukörper aus vorgefertigten Platten zusammengesetzt wird
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 Plattenbau
- Plattenbaus genitive
- Plattenbauten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plattenbau?
- /ˈplatn̩ˌbaʊ̯/
- [ˈplatn̩ˌbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Plattenbau in German?
Plattenbau appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).