Karte
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Middle High German karte (“stiff sheet of paper”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Compare Dutch kaart, English card, Yiddish קאָרט (kort), Low German Kaart, Koort. Doublet of Charta and Karton. See also Charter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkartə/, [ˈkaʁ.tə], [ˈkar-], [ˈkaɐ̯-], [ˈkaː-], (southern also) [-te], (Austria also) [-tɛ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Homophone: Kate (some speakers)
Noun
Karte f (genitive Karte, plural Karten, diminutive Kärtchen n)
- card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
- ellipsis of Spielkarte: playing card
- ellipsis of Landkarte: map
- ellipsis of Speisekarte: menu
- ellipsis of Eintrittskarte or Fahrkarte: ticket
- ellipsis of Bankkarte or Kreditkarte: debit card, credit card
- (differential geometry) coordinate chart
- Synonym: Flachmacher
Declension
Declension of Karte [feminine]
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- Abhebekarte
- Ansichtskarte
- Bankomatkarte
- Chipkarte
- Debitkarte (“debit card”)
- Eintrittskarte
- Geburtstagskarte
- gelb-rote Karte
- gelbe Karte
- ich brauche eine Karte
- Karteikarte
- Karten spielen (“to play cards”)
- Kartenspiel
- Krampuskarte
- Kreditkarte
- Kt. (abbreviation)
- Landkarte
- Lochkarte
- Netzwerkkarte
- Plastikkarte
- Platzkarte
- Postkarte
- rote Karte
- Saisonkarte
- Scheckkarte
- Schneidekarte (“cut card”)
- Speisekarte
- Spielkarte
- Straßenkarte (“road map”)
- Tageskarte
- Weinkarte
- Weltkarte (“world map”)
Descendants
- → Japanese: カルテ (karute)
- → Latvian: karte, kārts
- → Polish: karta (see there for further descendants)
- → Yiddish: קאַרטע (karte)
Further reading
- “Karte” in Duden online
- “Karte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Karte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891