Plangge

Alemannic German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin plānum (“plain; level ground”), from plānus (“level, flat, even”).

Noun

Plangge f

1. (Uri) plain (expanse of level land)

Usage notes

Common in place names.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.