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platten

platten verb: to flatten and make into sheets or plates.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To flatten and make into sheets or plates.
    • to platten cylinder glass

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Platten

Platten (plural Plattens)

  1. A surname from Old French.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Platten

Platten

  1. A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Forms of platten

Verb
third-person singular presentplattens
present participleplattening
past participleplattened
pastplattened
Proper noun
pluralPlattens

Origin of platten

See plat (“flat”, adjective).

Two main origins: * A diminutive of the surname Platt. * From Old French platon (“metal plate”), a metonymic occupational surname for a platemaker.

Borrowed from German Platten.

Questions about platten

What does platten mean?
Platten means to flatten and make into sheets or plates.
What part of speech is platten?
Platten can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of platten?
The past tense of platten is plattened.

Words near platten in the dictionary

  1. Platte City
  2. Platte County
  3. platted
  4. platteland
  5. plattelands
  6. platten
  7. plattened
  8. plattening
  9. plattenkalk
  10. plattenkalks
  11. Plattens

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