flach

See also: Flach and Fläch

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaχ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ax

Adjective

flach (strong nominative masculine singular flacher, comparative flacher, superlative am flachsten)

  1. shallow (wide and not deep)
    Synonyms: seicht, untief
    Antonym: tief
    flaches Wassershallow water
    eine flache Vertiefunga shallow indentation
  2. flat (wide and not high)
    Synonyms: niedrig, platt
    Antonym: hoch
    ein flacher Kuchena flat cake
    eine flache Landschafta flat landscape
  3. not steep; having little slope; comparatively plane and level
    Antonym: steil
    ein flaches Bergplateaua level mountain plateau
    ein flacher Anstiega slight ascent
  4. (figuratively, of jokes, films etc.) vapid; shallow (lacking intellectual depth or refinement)
    Synonym: (slightly different) seicht
    Antonyms: tiefgeistig, tiefsinnig
    ein flacher Witz / ein Flachwitza shallow joke

Declension

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See also

Further reading

  • flach” in Duden online
  • flach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fleck.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflax/
  • Syllabification: flach

Noun

flach m inan

  1. spot
  2. position

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • flach”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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