German

Noun

Platten m ‎(genitive Plattens, plural Platten)

1. (colloquial) flat tire

Synonyms

• platter Reifen, Reifenpanne

Etymology 2

Plural of Platte

Noun

Platten

1. plural of Platte Flat thinly objects or colloquially computer hard disk drives.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Platten n ‎(genitive Plattens)

1. A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2. Blatno (village in Czechia)

English

Verb

platten ‎(third-person singular simple present plattens, present participle plattening, simple past and past participle plattened)

1. (transitive, glassmaking) To flatten and make into sheets or plates.

   to platten cylinder glass

References

• platten in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

German

Adjective

platten

1. inflected form of platt

Luxembourgish

Adjective

platten

1. inflected form of platt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pletten

Etymology

From Old English plættan ‎(“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, to give a sounding blow”), from Proto-Germanic *platjaną ‎(“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)lad-, *b(e)led- ‎(“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten ‎(“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”) (whence Dutch pletteren), German platzen ‎(“to burst, split, break up, bounce”), Swedish plätta ‎(“to tap, pat”). Compare Old English plætt ‎(“slap, smack, a sounding blow”). See pat.

Verb

platten

1. (transitive) to strike with the hand; to slap
   • c. 1380, Piers Plowman (A):

     Peronelle Proude-herte platte hir to the erthe,

Swedish

Noun

platten

1. definite singular of platt