Platt

== English == === Etymology 1 === From German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch. ==== Proper noun ==== Platt (rare) Plattdeutsch, Low German For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt. === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Platt A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria. A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257). An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States. A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States. === Etymology 3 === English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”). ==== Proper noun ==== Platt A surname. ===== Derived terms ===== Platt calibration Plattsburgh Platt scaling === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === ALTTP == Central Franconian == === Etymology === Cognate to German Platt n, Dutch plat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plat/ === Noun === Platt n 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): ==== Usage notes ==== 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. == German == === Etymology === 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”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plat/ Rhymes: -at === Noun === Platt n (strong, genitive Platt or Platts, no plural) Low German (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) a dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one ==== Usage notes ==== 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). ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (Low German language): Plattdeutsch (dialect): Dialekt, Mundart ==== Related terms ==== Plattdeutsch === Further reading === “Platt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Platt” in Duden online == Limburgish == === Etymology === Ultimately the same as platt (“flat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plat/ Homophone: platt Rhymes: -at === Noun === Platt n (uncountable) (Eupen) a dialect; regional language (mainly Limburgish or German) Synonym: Dialäkkt === Proper noun === Platt n (Eupen) Eupen dialect Limburgish Plattdeutsch, Low German Synonym: Plattöttsch == Low German == === Etymology === Cognate to German Platt n. === Noun === Platt n Low German up Platt (op Platt) ― in Low German Platt snacken (Platt schnacken; cp. platt snacken, platt schnacken), Platt spräken ― to speak Low German ==== Related terms ==== Plattdütsch Plattspräken n