one adj (+er) → flach; tyre, nose, toes → platt; surface → eben; he stood flat from the wall → er stand platt gegen die Wand gedrückt; as flat like a pancake (inf, tyre) → whole platt; (countryside) → overall flach; flat roof → Flachdach nt; to fall flat on one particular’s experience → auf die Nase fallen; to lie flat → flach