Platz

Borrowed from German Platz.

Platz

1. A surname.
   • 2007, Ann Platz, Queen Esther's Reflection: A Portrait of Grace, Courage, and Excellence:

     Lilly loves everything about John Platz! He feeds her, walks her, gives her treats, and she even takes an afternoon nap with him!

• Plaꜩ (spelling with ꜩ-ligature)

From Middle High German plaz, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with English place.

Displaced native Old High German zīh (“place, court/village square, market”).

• IPA^(key): /plat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats
• Homophones: Platts, platz

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Platz m (strong, genitive Platzes, plural Plätze)

1. (architecture) square, plaza, piazza

   Marktplatz ― market square

2. (architecture) circus
3. space, room

   Synonym: Raum

   für etwas Platz machen ― to make room for something

   Hier ist kein Platz. ― There is no room here.

4. place, seat, spot, position (precise location someone or something occupies)

   Synonyms: Sitz, Stelle, Position

   Ich halte dir einen Platz frei. ― I'll hold a place for you.

   Für deine Blumen finden wir bestimmt einen schönen Platz. ― I'm sure we'll find a nice place for your flowers.

5. (chiefly colloquial) place, location, site (in general)

   Synonym: Ort

   Die Zeit wisst ihr ja, den Platz sag ich euch vorher noch.

   You already know the time, and I’ll tell you the place beforehand.

6. spot, place (position in a hierarchy or sequence)

   Sie hat einen Platz in der Mannschaft. ― She's got a spot on the team.

7. (sports) court, field, pitch, course

   auf dem Platz ― on the court / field / pitch

8. (archaic, except in fixed phrases) village, town, municipality

   Synonyms: Ort, Ortschaft

   Dies ist das beste Hotel am Platz. ― This is the best hotel in town.

9. place (rank in a competition)

   Synonym: Stelle

   Er machte den ersten Platz. ― He won first place.

   auf dem ersten/zweiten/dritten Platz ― in first/second/third place

• → Czech: plac
• → Estonian: plats
• → Kashubian: plac
• → Macedonian: плац (plac)
• → Polish: plac
  • → Russian: плац (plac)
  • → Ukrainian: плац (plac), пляц (pljac)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: плац
  • Latin script: plac

Platz!

1. down! (command to lie down, especially for a dog)

• “Platz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Platz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Platz” in Duden online
• “Platz” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Platz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats
• Syllabification: Platz

Platz m (plural Pletz or Pletzer)

1. place

   Was en scheener Platz!

   What a beautiful place!

2. space

   Do is keen Platz meh fer sich hinsetze.

   There is no more room to sit.

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Platz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch