Why is it der Platten?

Platten looks like the verb platten used as a noun, which would be neuter. Here, though, it’s a separate word, and it takes der: der Platten.

More verbs used as nouns
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Tire, which lost its air due to a hole

[1] Reifen, der auf Grund eines Lochs seine Luft verloren hat

Examples

[1] Mist, I have a record

[1] Mist, ich hab 'nen Platten!

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Platten die Platten
Genitiv des Plattens der Platten
Dativ dem Platten den Platten
Akkusativ den Platten die Platten

Pronunciation

In context

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