plaats

• IPA^(key): /plaːts/

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• Hyphenation: plaats
• Rhymes: -aːts

From Middle Dutch plāetse, from Old French place.

plaats f (plural plaatsen, diminutive plaatsje n)

1. place, position

   Synonym: plek

2. a settlement; a town, city, village, hamlet or the like
3. a place, a location in a text
4. Space, especially free space (e.g. volume, area or storage space on a medium)

   Deze extensie neemt veel plaats in beslag.

   This extension takes up a lot of space.

5. (dialectal) a square, a plaza (paved open space of any size in a town or near a building)

   Synonym: plein

6. (dialectal) a farm

   Synonyms: boerderij, boerenplaats

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plaats

1. inflection of plaatsen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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