1 adj (+er) ? flach; tyre, nose, feet ? platt; surface area ? eben; he stood flat in opposition to the wall ? er stand platt gegen die Wand gedrückt; as flat to be a pancake (inf, tyre) ? full platt; (countryside) ? whole flach; flat roof ? Flachdach nt; to slide flat on a person’s experience ? auf die Nase fallen; to lie flat ? flach or platt l