Plan

See also: plan, PLAN, plán, plån, and pláň

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French plan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plaːn/
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  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Plan m (genitive Plans or Planes, plural Pläne)

  1. project
  2. plan (way of procedure)
    • 1928, Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), Kurt Weil (music), “Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit”, in Die Dreigroschenoper:
      Ja, mach nur einen Plan / Sei nur ein großes Licht / Und mach dann noch ‘nen zweiten Plan / Gehn tun sie beide nicht.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. technical drawing or diagram
  4. detailed map
  5. (colloquial) idea, clue (insight or understanding)
    Ich hab davon keinen Plan.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension
Declension of Plan
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Plan die Pläne
genitive eines des Planes,
Plans		 der Pläne
dative einem dem Plan,
Plane1		 den Plänen
accusative einen den Plan die Pläne
1Now uncommon, see notes
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