Feminine

Karte

Meaning

  1. (feminine) card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Spielkarte: playing card
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Landkarte: map
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Speisekarte: menu
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Eintrittskarte or Fahrkarte: ticket
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Bankkarte or Kreditkarte: debit card, credit card
  7. (feminine) coordinate chart

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

charte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kaarte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkartə/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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