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platz

platz verb: to become aggravated.

Verb

platz (third-person singular simple present platzes, present participle platzing, simple past and past participle platzed)

  1. (intransitive) To become aggravated.
    • There is a yiddish^([sic]) verb, to platz – roughly, it means to be on tenterhooks, just with all the emotional and physical incontinence that you’d expect from a language that deals principally in uncomfortable extremes. But platzing is not an Olympic sport.2014 July 17, Daniel Harris, “Breaking the Law: why the rule on false starts in athletics is an ass”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2017
    • And across Europe, there’ll be players and supporters platzing for exactly that: a positive result here, followed by a win for Belgium over Finland later on, and three points plus a goal difference of 0 will be enough to secure a spot in the knockout stage.2021 June 21, Daniel Harris, “Ukraine 0-1 Austria: Euro 2020 – as it happened”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2021, Preamble

Noun

platz (plural platzes)

  1. A public square in Germany.
    • We sit at a cafe in the crisp morning air, looking down the gradually descending town square towards the gothically vertiginous fifteenth-century St Egidius church. The platz is ringed by steeply gabled pastel burghers' houses and in the centre sits the medieval town hall.2003 November 2, Tom Templeton, “Worth more than 15 minutes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021
    • Once the most German and Old World flavored of the platzes, Festplatz strays from its all-polka-all-the-time roots once again to to offer five nights of variety, including funk/pop, rock ‘n’ roll, country, oldies and swing.2006 July 30, “Zeitgeist of the platzes”, in The Morning Call, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

Proper noun capitalized: Platz

Platz

  1. A surname from German.
    • Lilly loves everything about John Platz! He feeds her, walks her, gives her treats, and she even takes an afternoon nap with him!2007, Ann Platz, Queen Esther's Reflection: A Portrait of Grace, Courage, and Excellence
    • Frecklington also announced the appointment of former Queensland police officer Deborah Platz as the state’s new human rights commissioner, succeeding Scott McDougall, who criticised both sides of politics over a range of issues, particularly the state’s youth law and order crackdown.2025 December 11, Andrew Messenger, “New Queensland laws overturning ban on property developer donations will ‘legalise another avenue of corruption’, Greens say”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived...

Forms of platz

Verb
third-person singular presentplatzes
present participleplatzing
past participleplatzed
pastplatzed
Noun
pluralplatzes

Origin of platz

From Yiddish פּלאַצן (platsn, “to split, crack, burst, explode”).

Borrowed from German Platz. Doublet of piatza, piazza, place, and plaza.

Borrowed from German Platz.

Questions about platz

What does platz mean?
Platz means to become aggravated.
What part of speech is platz?
Platz can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of platz?
The past tense of platz is platzed.

Words near platz in the dictionary

  1. platystomatids
  2. platytroctid
  3. platytroctids
  4. platyzoan
  5. platyzoans
  6. platz
  7. platzed
  8. platzel
  9. platzels
  10. Platzer
  11. Platzers

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