Definition
A bank card with which payments are taken directly from the associated account.
Translations
- English
- debit card
- Français
- carte de débit
- Türkçe
- banka kartı
- Polski
- karta debetowa
- Русский
- дебетовая карта
- Українська
- дебетова картка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die EC-Karte
- A1
- Noun
- Shopping & Money
debit card
/diː ˈeːt͡seːˌkaʁtə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- EC-Karten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Shopping & MoneyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die EC-Karte steckt noch im Geldautomaten.NominativSing.The EC card is still in the ATM.
- Ich habe meine EC-Karte an der Kasse benutzt.AkkusativSing.I used my EC card at the checkout.
- Kann ich hier mit der EC-Karte bezahlen?DativSing.Can I pay with an EC card here?
- Die PIN der EC-Karte darf niemand erfahren.GenitivSing.No one may know the PIN of the EC card.
- EC-Karten werden heute fast überall akzeptiert.NominativPlur.EC cards are accepted almost everywhere today.
- Viele Geschäfte akzeptieren EC-Karten.AkkusativPlur.Many shops accept EC cards.
- Mit EC-Karten können Kunden direkt von ihrem Konto bezahlen.DativPlur.With EC cards, customers can pay directly from their account.
- Die Funktionen der EC-Karten unterscheiden sich je nach Bank.GenitivPlur.The functions of EC cards vary depending on the bank.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
EC-Karte/ˈeːt͡seːˌkaʁtə/
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Article phrase
die EC-Karte/diː ˈeːt͡seːˌkaʁtə/
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Plural
EC-Karten/ˈeːt͡seːˌkaʁtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die EC-Karte | die EC-Karten |
| Akkusativ | die EC-Karte | die EC-Karten |
| Dativ | der EC-Karte | den EC-Karten |
| Genitiv | der EC-Karte | der EC-Karten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmit der EC-Karte bezahlen
- Collocationdie EC-Karte benutzen
- Prepositional constructionmit der EC-Kartemit + Dativ
- Collocationeine EC-Karte sperren
- Sentence patternDie EC-Karte wurde am Automaten eingezogen.
- Verb constructioneine EC-Karte anfordern + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedKonto — bank account
- Related termKreditkarte
An EC-Karte debits one’s own account directly, whereas a Kreditkarte initially processes the payment through a credit limit.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- ECModifier
- KarteHead
„EC-Karte“ is an established compound consisting of the letter component „EC“ and the noun „Karte“.
Word family
- Karte — map