Vokabahn

Plateau

Vokabahn
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Noun

das Plateau

plateau

C1 rank #8,504 plural Plateaus

Meanings

Noun
  1. plateau

Example sentence

Die Scheidungsrate könnte bald ein Plateau erreichen.

Divorce rates might reach a plateau soon.

Word forms

singular das Plateau
plural die Plateaus

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Plateau
Accusativedas Plateau
Dativedem Plateau
Genitivedes Plateaus

Plural

Nominativedie Plateaus
Accusativedie Plateaus
Dativeden Plateaus
Genitiveder Plateaus

Usage

  • auf einem Plateau — on a plateau; a raised, relatively level area
  • ein Plateau erreichen — reach a plateau; also figurative for growth levelling off
Extra sentence

Vom Plateau aus sahen wir die Berge auf der anderen Seite des Tals.

From the plateau, we could see the mountains on the other side of the valley.