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die Visitenkarte

B1

business card

English meaning
business card
Gender
die — feminine
Plural
die Visitenkarten
Vocabulary package
At the Office

Visitenkarte in a sentence

Darf ich Ihnen meine Visitenkarte geben?

May I give you my business card?

Declension of die Visitenkarte

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedie Visitenkartedie Visitenkarten
Accusativedie Visitenkartedie Visitenkarten
Dativeder Visitenkarteden Visitenkarten
Genitiveder Visitenkarteder Visitenkarten

Word family

die Visitenkarte is built from die Karte (card, map). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where Visitenkarte comes from

Determinativkompositum, zusammengesetzt aus Visite, Fugenelement -n und Karte. Früher wurde sie beim Besuch (Visite) dem Butler/der Hausdame übergeben, um sie dem Gastgeber zu überbringen.

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Questions about Visitenkarte

Is it der, die or das Visitenkarte?

It is die Visitenkarte — Visitenkarte is feminine. In the plural it becomes die Visitenkarten.

What is the plural of Visitenkarte?

The plural of die Visitenkarte is die Visitenkarten.

What is the genitive of Visitenkarte?

The genitive singular is der Visitenkarte. The dative plural is den Visitenkarten.

What does Visitenkarte mean in English?

die Visitenkarte means "business card". For example: "Darf ich Ihnen meine Visitenkarte geben?" — "May I give you my business card?"

What level is Visitenkarte in German?

Visitenkarte is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the at the office vocabulary.

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