plads

See also: plads'

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German plātze and Old French place from Latin platēa, a loan from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), substantive of πλατύς (platús, “broad”). The Low German form was also borrowed to Late Old Norse plaz and Swedish plats.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plas/, [pl̥æs̺]

Noun

plads c (singular definite pladsen, plural indefinite pladser)

1. place
2. seat
3. position
4. berth
5. room
6. space
7. job

Inflection

Declension of plads

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plads	pladsen	pladser	pladserne
genitive	plads'	pladsens	pladsers	pladsernes

Derived terms

• losseplads