noun
card
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Karte means 'card' (e.g., credit card, playing card). Feminine noun die Karte with regular declension; plural Karten. Singular forms die Karte, der Karte (dat), der Karte (gen), die Karten (pl). No irregularities. It also appears in compounds like Speisekarte (menu) and Landkarte (map).
Examples
Ich habe eine Karte.
I have a map.
Die Touristen zeigten die Karte dem Polizisten, weil sie den Weg nicht fanden.
The tourists showed the map to the policeman because they couldn't find the way.
Hast du meine Karte gesehen?
Have you seen my card?
Details
Mnemonics
visualize a map or playing card with the label 'die Karte'
sounds like English 'cart' but ends with -e; associate with 'card'
Notes
Can mean 'card' (bank card, playing card) or 'map' depending on context.