plaats

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plaːts/ Hyphenation: plaats Rhymes: -aːts === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch plāetse, from Old French place. ==== Noun ==== plaats f (plural plaatsen, diminutive plaatsje n) place, position Synonym: plek a settlement; a town, city, village, hamlet or the like a place, a location in a text Space, especially free space (e.g. volume, area or storage space on a medium) (dialectal) a square, a plaza (paved open space of any size in a town or near a building) Synonym: plein (dialectal) a farm Synonyms: boerderij, boerenplaats ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== plaats inflection of plaatsen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === slaapt