karte

See also: Karte, kartē, kārtē, kārte, kartë, and kartę

Latvian

Karte

Alternative forms

• (obsolete form) kārte

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karte, like kārts “playing cards” (the latter apparently having suffered the influence of kārts “pole” on its form), first attested as zemes kārte (with a long ā) in the 1850s, and later on (by the end of the 19th century) simply as karte (with a short e).

Pronunciation

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Noun

karte f (5th declension)

1. (geography) map, chart

   kartes mērogs ― map scale

   lasīt karti ― to read a map

   ģeogrāfiska karte ― geographic map

   topogrāfiska karte ― topographic map

   ģeoloģiska karte ― geologic map

   zvaigžņu karte ― star chart

2. document; identification; card

   bibliotēkas lasītāja karte ― library reader card

   slimnieka individuālā karte ― individual patient card

3. sheet of paper, card, etc. with special information

   tramvaja, trolejbusa karte ― a (one-month) tram, trolley pass

   ielūguma karte ― invitation card

   ēdienu karte, ēdienkarte ― food menu

Declension

Declension of karte (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	karte	kartes
genitive	kartes	karšu
dative	kartei	kartēm
accusative	karti	kartes
instrumental	karti	kartēm
locative	kartē	kartēs
vocative	karte	kartes

Derived terms

• ēdienkarte
• kredītkarte