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 as a pancake (inf, tyre) → total platt; (countryside) → overall flach; flat roof → Flachdach nt; to slide flat on a single’s deal with → auf die Nase fallen; to lie flat →