Platten

Two main origins:

• A diminutive of the surname Platt.
• From Old French platon (“metal plate”), a metonymic occupational surname for a platemaker.

Platten (plural Plattens)

1. A surname from Old French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Platten is the 47006^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 452 individuals. Platten is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

Borrowed from German Platten.

Platten

1. A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platten”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /platn̩/

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• Hyphenation: Plat‧ten
• Rhymes: -atn̩

Short form of German platter Reifen (“flat tire”).

Platten m (strong, genitive Plattens, plural Platten)

1. (colloquial) flat tire

   Synonyms: platter Reifen, Plattfuß, Reifenpanne

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Platten

1. plural of Platte

Platten n (proper noun, genitive Plattens or (optionally with an article) Platten)

1. A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2. Blatno (a village in the Czech Republic)

• “Platten” in Duden online
• “Platten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache