Platz

German (Berlin)

/plat͡s/

noun
Definitions
  • (architecture) square, plaza, piazza
  • (architecture) circus
  • space, room
  • place, seat, spot, position precise location someone or something occupies
  • (chiefly) place, location, site in general
  • spot, place position in a hierarchy or sequence
  • (sports) court, field, pitch, course
  • (archaic) village; town; municipality
  • place rank in a competition

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German plaz derived from Old French place (place, an open space) derived from Latin platēa (courtyard, broad street) derived from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (street, level, wide, flat).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πλατεῖα

Gloss

street, level, wide, flat

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

広

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms