platten

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verb

To flatten and make into sheets or plates.

“to platten cylinder glass”

OriginOld French platon →
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Meanings

platten1

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

present singular third person plattens · participle present plattening · participle past plattened · past plattened

  1. transitivebusinessTo flatten and make into sheets or plates.

    to platten cylinder glass

Platten2

proper nounPlatten (plural Plattens)

plural Plattens

  1. A surname from Old French.

Platten3

proper noun
  1. A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Origin

platten · verb

See plat (“flat”, adjective).

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Platten · proper noun

  1. Old Frenchplaton“metal plate”
  2. EnglishPlatten

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

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Platten · proper noun

  1. GermanPlatten
  2. EnglishPlatten

Borrowed from German Platten.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “platten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platten.

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