Plattfisch
German, noun/ˈplatfɪʃ/
Plattfisch is a German masculine noun meaning “flatfish (fish of the order Pleuronectiformes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fisch, der auf der Seite schwimmt (Ordnung Pleuronectiformes)”.
What does Plattfisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflatfish (fish of the order Pleuronectiformes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fisch, der auf der Seite schwimmt (Ordnung Pleuronectiformes)
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 Plattfisch
- Plattfisches genitive
- Plattfischs genitive
- Plattfische plural
- Plattfischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plattfisch?
- /ˈplatfɪʃ/
- [ˈplatˌfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Plattfisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Plattfisch in German?
Plattfisch appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).