Karte

See also: karte, kartē, kārtē, kārte, and kartë

German

Alternative forms

Charte, Carte (obsolete)

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, Charte. See also Charter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkartə/, [ˈkaʁtə], [ˈkaɐ̯tə], [ˈkaːtə]
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Homophone: Kate (some speakers)

Noun

Karte f (genitive Karte, plural Karten, diminutive Kärtchen n)

card
map, chart
short for Speisekarte: menu
ticket
(differential geometry) coordinate chart
Synonym: Flachmacher

Declension

Declension of Karte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Karte	die	Karten
genitive	einer	der	Karte	der	Karten
dative	einer	der	Karte	den	Karten
accusative	eine	die	Karte	die	Karten

Hyponyms

Stadtplan

Derived terms

Abhebekarte
Ansichtskarte
Chipkarte
Debitkarte (“debit card”)
Eintrittskarte
Geburtstagskarte
gelb-rote Karte
gelbe Karte
ich brauche eine Karte
Karteikarte
Karten spielen (“to play cards”)
Kartenspiel
Kreditkarte
Kt. (abbreviation)
Landkarte
Lochkarte
Netzwerkkarte
Plastikkarte
Platzkarte
Postkarte
rote Karte
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

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