plätt

See also: platt, Platt, and plætt

Swedish

Plättar being made on a plättlagg.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish plætter. Arguably cognate with German Platte, Plätte, Platz, Plätzchen; English plot, plat, plate; Icelandic blettur; Danish plet. Doublet of platt.

Noun

plätt c

1. a small pancake, similar to a thin, unleavened American pancake

   Synonym: småplätt

2. (varying dialects) a pancake (of any size)
3. a small area of land, a patch

   en gräsplätt

   a patch of grass

Declension

Declension of plätt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	plätt	plätts
	definite	plätten	plättens
plural	indefinite	plättar	plättars
	definite	plättarna	plättarnas

Derived terms

• blodplätt
• gräsplätt
• jordplätt
• lätt som en plätt

See also

• pannkaka

References

• plätt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• plätt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• plätt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• plätt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)