Vocabulary
die
Schlüsselkarte
/ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌkaʁtə/· noun· Pl. die Schlüsselkarten
key card (of a hotel room)
Most hotels in Germany give you eine Schlüsselkarte instead of a key: you hold it against the door, and in many hotels it also opens the lift or the entrance at night. Next to a phone or a magnet it can stop working.
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- Singular
- die Schlüsselkarte
- Plural
- die Schlüsselkarten
- Genitiv
- der Schlüsselkarte
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Schlüsselkarte
key card (for a hotel room)
Halten Sie die Schlüsselkarte kurz an die Tür.
Hold the key card against the door for a moment.
Word family
Schlüsselkarteder Schlüsselkeydie Kartecarddie Zimmerkarteroom card (the same thing)
Common combinations
- die Schlüsselkarte an die Tür haltento hold the key card against the door
- eine neue Schlüsselkarte machento make a new key card
- Die Schlüsselkarte funktioniert nicht.The key card doesn't work.
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Zimmerkarte
Common learner mistakes
- Ich habe meinen Schlüsselkarte im Zimmer vergessen.Ich habe meine Schlüsselkarte im Zimmer vergessen.A compound takes the gender of its last part: die Karte → die Schlüsselkarte, so meine — not meinen, as with der Schlüssel.
Real examples
- Hier ist Ihre Schlüsselkarte, Zimmer 312.Here's your key card, room 312.
- Meine Schlüsselkarte geht nicht mehr — können Sie mir eine neue machen?My key card doesn't work any more — can you make me a new one?
- Bitte geben Sie die Schlüsselkarten bei der Abreise an der Rezeption ab.Please hand in the key cards at reception when you leave.
