Platt

From German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch.

Platt

1. (rare) Plattdeutsch, Low German
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt.

Platt

1. A village in Kent, England.

English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).

Platt

1. A surname.

• Plattsburgh

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• ALTTP

Cognate to German Platt n, Dutch plat.

• IPA^(key): /plat/

Platt n

1. dialect, a local form of Central Franconian (or even any other dialect)
   • 1986, Hermann Josef Ersfeld, Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het. Eine Pilotstudie zu Josef Ersfelds Totalerfassung des Eitorfer Alt-Dialekts (Schriftenreihe des Heimatvereins Eitorf 1):

     Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het

     Of the old dialect of Eitorf as the great-grandfather spoke it

• Most dialects are locally referred to as Platt, even as far south as Saarland. A remarkable exception is Colognian (Kölsch), which is only rarely called kölsch Platt. This might well be due to the historical attitude of the metropolitans, who considered themselves, and hence their speech, far superior to the outside population.

Ultimately the same as platt (“flat”), although the motivation seems not to be quite clear; possibly the geographically low areas of Germany as in Niederdeutsch (“Low German”), or else “not elevated, ordinary, simple” speech. Cognate to Dutch plat n (“dialect”), Central Franconian Platt (“dialect”), Low German Platt n (“Low German”)

• IPA^(key): /plat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at

Platt n (strong, genitive Platt or Platts, no plural)

1. Low German
2. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) a dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one

   Das Platt, das hier gesprochen wird, verstehe ich schlecht.

   I have trouble understanding the dialect spoken around here.

Most often, Platt is understood to be Low German, because the term Plattdeutsch refers to Low German. However, many West Central German dialects (e.g. in Aachen, Bonn, or Koblenz) are also referred to as Platt (but not as Plattdeutsch).

• (Low German language): Plattdeutsch
• (dialect): Dialekt, Mundart

• Plattdeutsch

• “Platt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Platt” in Duden online

Ultimately the same as platt (“flat”).

• IPA^(key): /plat/
• Homophone: platt
• Rhymes: -at

Platt n (uncountable) (Eupen)

1. a dialect; regional language (mainly Limburgish or German)

   Synonym: Dialäkkt

Platt n (Eupen)

1. Eupen dialect
2. Limburgish
3. Plattdeutsch, Low German

   Synonym: Plattöttsch

Cognate to German Platt n.

Platt n

1. Low German

   up Platt (op Platt) ― in Low German

   Platt snacken (Platt schnacken; cp. platt snacken, platt schnacken), Platt spräken ― to speak Low German

• Plattdütsch
• Plattspräken n