Karte

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Karte

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• Charte, Carte (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkartə/, [ˈkaʁtə], [ˈkaɐ̯tə], [ˈkaːtə]

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• Homophone: Kate (some speakers)

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

1. card
2. map, chart
3. short for Speisekarte: menu
4. ticket
5. (differential geometry) coordinate chart

   Synonym: Flachmacher

• Stadtplan

• → Japanese: カルテ (karute)
• → Latvian: karte, kārts
• → Polish: karta (see there for further descendants)
• → Yiddish: קאַרטע (karte)

• “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