one adj (+er) → flach; tyre, nose, feet → platt; floor → eben; he stood flat versus the wall → er stand platt gegen die Wand gedrückt; as flat as a pancake (inf, tyre) → total platt; (countryside) → total flach; flat roof → Flachdach nt; to slide flat on just one’s facial area → auf die Nase fallen; to lie flat → flach or platt