Platte
See also: platte and Plätte
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Platte.
Proper noun
Platte (plural Plattes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Platte is the 21986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1180 individuals. Platte is most common among White (95.42%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platte”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplatə/
- IPA(key): /ˈplatːə/ (Swiss German)
- Rhymes: -atə
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German plate, from late Old High German platta, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide; flat”). Doublet of Plätte.
Noun
Platte f (genitive Platte, plural Platten)
- flat, thin, regularly (not necessarily circular) shaped object
- Various short forms:
- (informal, computing) Clipping of Festplatte (“hard disk”).
- (music) Clipping of Schallplatte (“vinyl record, gramophone record”).
- (photography) Clipping of Fotoplatte (“photographic plate”).
- (printing) Clipping of Druckplatte (“printing plate”).
- Clipping of Grabplatte (“flat gravestone”).
- Clipping of Tischplatte (“tabletop”).
- Clipping of Herdplatte (“stovetop”).
- A flat, ceramic serving plate, or the food served on it.
- (geology) tectonic plate
- (climbing) smooth rock with no hand- or footholds
- (numismatics) planchet
- (Austria) gang (criminal gang)
Declension
Declension of Platte [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Platte | die | Platten |
| genitive | einer | der | Platte | der | Platten |
| dative | einer | der | Platte | den | Platten |
| accusative | eine | die | Platte | die | Platten |
Derived terms
- Arbeitsplatte
- Aufschnittplatte
- Betonplatte
- Bleiplatte
- Dachplatte
- Eisenplatte
- Felsplatte
- Glasplatte
- Goldplatte
- Grabplatte
- Holzplatte
- Käseplatte
- Metallplatte
- Plattenvertrag
- Schallplatte
- Silberplatte
- Stahlbetonplatte
- Stahlplatte
- Steinplatte
- Tischplatte
- Wegplatte
- Wurstplatte
- Zementplatte
Related terms
- Plattenbau
- Plattenladen
- Plattensammlung
- Plattenspieler
- Plattenverlegung
Descendants
- → Czech: plát
Etymology 2
From Rotwelsch platt machen, platte machen (“to spend the night outside”), originally “to flee outside”, from Yiddish מאַכן פּליטה (makhn pleyte, “to escape, run away”). פּליטה (pleyte) is from Hebrew פְּלֵטָה (pəlēṭā, “remainder, survivors”). Doublet of Pleite.
Noun
Platte f (genitive Platte, plural Platten)
- bivouac; overnight camp
- A fixed outdoor sleeping place of a person or people of a nomadic group.
Declension
Declension of Platte [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Platte | die | Platten |
| genitive | einer | der | Platte | der | Platten |
| dative | einer | der | Platte | den | Platten |
| accusative | eine | die | Platte | die | Platten |
Further reading
- “Platte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Platte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Platte (Scheibe, Unterlage)” in Duden online
- “Platte” in OpenThesaurus.de
Platte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplatə/
Noun
Platte f
- plural of Platt